Patent ID: 8489702
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: prior to requesting download of an entire media file that is referenced on a web page from a Web server to a computing device over the Internet, requesting by the computing device from the Web server data that specifies a multipurpose Internet mail extensions (MIME) type of the media file; determining, by the computing device based at least in part on the MIME type of the media file, whether the media file can be played by the computing device without downloading the entire media file; examining a file extension of the media file to determine whether the media file can be played by the computing device if the media file cannot be determined playable based on the MIME type, including matching the file extension of the media file against a list of known file extensions that the computing device support, wherein if the file extension of the media file matches one of the known file extensions, the method further comprises: downloading over the Internet the entire media file from the Web server if it is determined the media file can be played by the computing device.