Patent ID: 8606954

Claim:
A method of operating a wireless communication device to facilitate progressive download of media content, the method comprising: receiving a first portion of a media file in a first format transmitted from a media gateway over a first wireless network via progressive download; performing a handoff to a second wireless network; determining a content received ratio of the media file in the first format that indicates the first portion of the media file in the first format received by the wireless communication device; transferring a request for a second portion of the media file in a second format for delivery to the media gateway over the second wireless network, wherein the request for the second portion of the media file in the second format includes the content received ratio of the media file in the first format and wherein the second format of the media file comprises a different number of bytes than the first format of the media file; and receiving the second portion of the media file in the second format transmitted from the media gateway over the second wireless network via progressive download.