Patent ID: 9584602
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method of operating a network server device, the method comprising: establishing a session with a client device; transmitting a first base segment providing base content for a first time segment to the client device; determining if the network server has been authorized by the client device to send a first additive segment providing additive content to the client device; in response to the determining, transmitting the first additive segment providing additive content to the client device, wherein the first additive segment is synchronized with the first base segment; transmitting a second base segment providing base content for a second time segment to the client device; and transmitting a second additive segment providing additive content to the client device, wherein the second additive segment is synchronized with the second base segment, and the transmitting the second additive segment is delayed with respect to the transmission of the second base segment.