Patent ID: 8458755
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of providing media contents by a remote server to a user device, the method comprising: determining whether a first media asset resides in a memory of the user device; if the determining determines that the first media asset resides in the memory of the user device, delivering a first version of a media content by the remote server to the user device for use by the user device to present the first media asset residing in the memory of the user device as part of presenting the first version of the media content by the user device; and if the determining determines that the first media asset does not reside in the memory of the user device, delivering a second version of the media content and a second media asset, as a substitute for the first media asset, by the remote server to the user device for use by the user device to present the second media asset as part of presenting the second version of the media content by the user device, wherein the second media asset requires a lower network bandwidth for delivery to the user device than the first media asset.