Spotify Ab

Bror Simon Hofverberg

Tristan Jehan

Babar Zafar

Pär Mikael Bohrarper

Niklas Martin Gustavsson

Ardit Bajraktari

Luc Succes

Johan Oskarsson

Fredrik Schmidt

Ariel Marcus

Minchull Paul Kim

Chris Doyle

Joseph Tam

This disclosure concerns the providing of media, and more particularly to the streaming of media. In one example embodiment of a method for streaming an audio content item to an electronic device, the method comprises: receiving a first data message comprising instructions from an electronic device to return a preview segment associated with a selected audio content item, the preview segment being a portion of the selected audio content item; retrieving said selected audio content item from a first storage; analyzing audio content of the retrieved audio content item to locate a portion of the selected audio content item to be used as the preview segment; extracting the located portion of the selected audio content item from the retrieved audio content item; and transmitting the extracted portion of the selected audio content item unencrypted to the electronic device.

Playback of an unencrypted portion of an audio stream

Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for caching media content at a media-playback device are provided. Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for representing the cached, user-selected, and streaming content are also provided.

Display of cached media content by media playback device

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Partille, Sweden

Bror Simon Hofverberg