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Partitioning of MP3 content file for emulating streaming

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  • US 7,529,806 B1
  • Filed: 11/04/1999
  • Issued: 05/05/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of, at a client device, forming a media presentation from multiple related files, including a control information file, stored on one or more server computers within a computer network, the method comprising acts of:

  • downloading the control information file to the client device;

    the client device parsing the control information file; and

    based on parsing of the control information file, the client device;

    identifying multiple alternative flies corresponding to a given segment of the media presentation,determining which files of the multiple alternative files to retrieve based on system restraints;

    retrieving the determined file of the multiple alternative files to begin a media presentation, wherein if the determined file is one of a plurality of files required for the media presentation, the method further comprises acts of;

    concurrent with the media presentation, retrieving a next file; and

    using content of the next file to continue the media presentation.

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