Patent ID: 8127044

Claim:
A method for delivering audio/video data sequences by a processor-based server, comprising the steps of: receiving an order for a delivery of an audio/video data sequence from a user of a client device via a user interface of said client device; generating and transmitting at least one request message by said client device to said processor-based server via a network after said order is received from the user of said client device; and processing said at least one request message by said processor-based server in the form of an image encoding in a compressed format comprises at least the following steps of: searching in a memory by said processor-based server to determine if said at least one request has been processed already and if any compressed data of the audio/video data sequence ordered by the user of said client device are available for delivery to said client device; transmitting a rapid response message to said client device by processor-based server via said network, processing said at least one request message completely, and storing compressed data of the audio/video data sequence ordered by the user of said client device in the memory if it is determined that said at least one request message has not been processed by said processor-based server, wherein said rapid response message comprises an audio/video data sequence comprising a first image and a last image of the compressed data of the audio/video data sequence ordered by the user of said client device, wherein the step of transmitting said rapid response message and processing said at least one request message completely are performed simultaneously; and transmitting to said client device via said network the compressed data of the audio/video data sequence ordered by the user of said client device in the memory by said processor-based server if it is determined that said at least one request message has been processed previously by said processor-based server.