Patent ID: 8861926

Claim:
A method for streaming digital media content with media effects, the method comprising: receiving a playback location that identifies a position within the digital media content to begin playback, the digital media content including an original data stream which is digitally encoded as a sequence of intervals; determining a nearest interval in the original data stream relative to the playback location; retrieving a first interval of an effect data stream that comprises a modulated version of the original data stream that is distinct from the original data stream, wherein the first interval and the nearest interval correspond to a same playback time interval and a same playback offset; retrieving one or more additional intervals of the original data stream, wherein the one or more additional intervals are subsequent to the nearest interval in the sequence of intervals; playing the first interval of the effect data stream; and responsive to determining that an interval boundary is reached while playing the first interval of the effect data stream, playing in sequence the one or more additional intervals of the original data stream.