Patent ID: 9560101
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for presenting media content, comprising: receiving, using a hardware processor of a wireless communication device, at least a portion of a media content item via a content stream from a media content provider; determining that a version of the media content item corresponding to at least the portion of the media content item received via the content stream is stored in a memory device coupled to the hardware processor; in response to determining that the version of the media content item is stored in the memory device, inhibiting reception of the content stream from the media content provider in the wireless communication device and transmitting a signal to the media content provider that the media content item is continuing to be received from the media content provider; playing the version of the media content item stored in the memory device in lieu of the streaming media content item from the media content provider; determining that presentation of the version of the media content item stored in the memory device has ended; in response to determining that presentation of the version of the media content item stored in the memory device has ended, resuming reception of the content stream from the media content provider; and playing the received content stream.