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Acquiring multi-media content

  • US 9,560,133 B2
  • Filed: 05/04/2012
  • Issued: 01/31/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprises:

  • receiving, based on a partial download schedule of a distribution scheme, a first sub-set of encoded data slices, wherein a data segment of multi-media content was encoded using a dispersed storage error coding function to produce a set of encoded data slices, wherein the set of encoded data slices is partitioned into the first sub-set of encoded data slices and a second sub-set of encoded data slices, wherein the first sub-set of encoded data slices include less than a decode threshold number of encoded data slices, and wherein the second sub-set of encoded data slices are unavailable based on the partial download schedule of the distribution scheme;

    determining whether to request the second sub-set of encoded data slices after the partial download schedule of the distribution scheme has completed and when the second sub-set of encoded data slices is made available based on the distribution scheme;

    when the second sub-set of encoded data slices is to be requested, sending accessing information regarding the second sub-set of encoded data slices; and

    receiving, in response to the accessing information, at least one of the encoded data slices of the second sub-set of encoded data slices such that the decode threshold number of encoded data slices have been received.

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