Patent ID: 8713191

Claim:
A method comprising: identifying, by a client station during presentation of streaming media sent to the client station from a network system, a first portion of the streaming media as a media clip start point and identifying a second portion of the streaming media as a media clip end point, wherein the first portion of the streaming media is sent to the client station via a first payload associated with a first sequence number, and the second portion of the streaming media is sent to the client station via a second payload associated with a second sequence number; establishing, by the client station, a message that includes (i) a media clip start point definition that identifies the first sequence number, and a parameter for determining a media clip start point identified within a portion of the media file contained in the first payload associated with the first sequence number, (ii) a media clip end point definition that identifies the second sequence number, and a parameter for determining a media clip end point identified within another portion of the media file contained in the second payload associated with the second sequence number, and (iii) a request for the network system to establish a media clip; transmitting, by the client station to the network system, the established message to request the network system to establish a media clip defined as a portion of the streaming media extending from the media clip start point to the media clip end point; and receiving and storing in data storage, by the client station, the media clip established by the network system.