Patent ID: 8001471
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising the steps of: (a) displaying, by a client computer, a first user interface having at least a portion communicated via a network; (b) displaying, by the first user interface, a first set of one or more user interface elements having an appearance and a behavior; (c) displaying, by the client computer, a portion of video media communicated via the network; (d) while displaying the portion of video media, automatically downloading, by the client computer to storage of the client computer, the remainder of the video media and a second user interface; (e) detecting, by the client computer, that the client computer is no longer connected to the network; (f) displaying, by the client computer, the second user interface, the second user interface having a second set of one or more user interface elements matching the appearance and behavior of the first set of one or more user interface elements of the first user interface with the exception of one or more optional user interface elements that do not match the appearance and behavior of the first set of one or more user interface elements of the first user interface; and (g) displaying, by the client computer via the second user interface, the remainder of the video media in a higher definition of video quality from the storage of the client computer.