Patent ID: 7448062

Claim:
A method of pulling and playing digital media data stored over a digital data network, the method comprising the steps of: accessing a playlist wherein said playlist specifies a first digital media clip and a first host name and a second digital media clip and a second host name to be played and wherein said first clip is stored within a first digital data source associated with said first host name and said second clip is stored within a second digital data source associated with said second host name and wherein said first host name and said second host name differ; translating said playlist into a first plurality of frame accurate requests that specify first respective frames of said first clip and a second plurality of frame accurate requests that specify second respective frames of said second clip; according to said first host name, transmitting said first plurality of frame accurate requests over said digital data network to said first digital data source to pull digital data from said first digital data source; according to said second host name, transmitting said second plurality of frame accurate requests over said digital data network to said second digital data source to pull digital data from said second digital data source; receiving said first respective frames as digital data from said first source via said digital data network; rendering said first respective frames at a predetermined framerate; before a last frame of said first respective frames is rendered from digital data received from said first digital data source associated with said first host name, receiving a first frame of said second respective frames as digital data from said second digital data source associated with said second host name via said digital data network; rendering, from digital data, said first frame of said second respective frames after said last frame at said predetermined framerate such that playback of said first digital media clip and said second digital media clip appears seamless.