Patent ID: 9661357
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: sending, by a user device to an access point, a request for a data file; receiving, by the user device from the access point, data indicating that a plurality of segments of the data file has been previously cached in a local cache at the access point, the plurality of segments corresponding to discontinuous portions at time spots spread across the data file; receiving a time spot and a duration for each of the plurality of segments; displaying, by the user device, at least two indicators along a time bar to indicate the time spot and the duration for each of the plurality of segments of the data file cached in the local cache, wherein displaying the at least two indicators comprises displaying a first indicator to indicate a first time spot and a first duration for a first segment of the data file cached in response to a first user snacking the data file and displaying a second indicator to indicate a second time spot and a second duration for a second segment of the data file cached in response to a second user snacking the data file, wherein displaying the at least two indicators further comprises displaying a third indicator to indicate a third time spot and a third duration for a third segment of the data file caches in response to a video producer identifying a special segment in the data file, and wherein the first segment, the second segment, and the third segment are discontinuous segments of the data file; and displaying, by the user device in response to a mouse hover over one of the at least two indicators, a text string indicating that each of the plurality of segments of the data file are cached in the local cache.