Patent ID: 7024485
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. In a client connected to a network and including a local storage device, a computer-implemented method of receiving and playing a media file comprising at least a first part and a second part, comprising: receiving over the network and from a remote server m a first session the second part of the media file; storing the second part at the local storage device; receiving over the network and from a remote server m a second session subsequent to the first session the first part of the media file and not the second part of the media file; combining the first part received in the second session with the stored second part after the start of the second session; and playing a representation of the media file at the local client after combining at least part of the first and second parts after the start of the second session; wherein the second part is not usable for playback without being combined with the first part.