Patent ID: 7349976
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of seeking to a location within a file having a beginning and an end, the method comprising: storing a first portion of the file in a memory queue of a remote computing device; transmitting the first portion to a client electronic device from the memory queue; receiving by the remote computing device, from the client electronic device, a signal indicating a seek request generated as a result of an input from a user of the client electronic device, said signal being received either while the first portion of the file is being transmitted or in an interval after the first portion of the file is transmitted from the remote computing device to the client electronic device, the seek request including data indicative of a location/address within the file in which a second portion of the file is to begin to be transmitted to the client electronic device, the location/address being not limited to the beginning of the file; determining by the remote computing device, the location/address within the file based upon the seek request; storing the second portion of the file into the memory queue; and transmitting with the remote computing device, the second portion of the file from the memory queue to the client electronic; wherein the remote computing device, as a result of receiving the seek request and after one other completion of the transmission of the first portion of the file, re-fills at least a portion of the memory queue with the second portion of the file.