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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10110947 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018

Filed:

May. 01, 2017

System and method for determining whether to use cached media

Applicant:

Spotify Ab, Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Eric Hoffert, South Orange, NJ (US);

Mike Berkley, Cold Springs, NY (US);

Kevin Faaborg, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Gustav Soderstrom, Stockholm, SE;

Assignee:

SPOTIFY AB, Stockholm, SE;

Attorney:

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Primary Examiner:

Rong Le

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/437 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4384 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04N 5/4403 (2013.01); H04N 5/44591 (2013.01); H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); H04N 21/42222 (2013.01); H04N 21/42224 (2013.01); H04N 21/437 (2013.01); H04N 21/4307 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/4314 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/4331 (2013.01); H04N 21/44004 (2013.01); H04N 21/44209 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/4383 (2013.01); H04N 21/4392 (2013.01); H04N 21/4667 (2013.01); H04N 21/4755 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device with one or more processors, memory and a display displays a first video stream on the display. While displaying the first video stream, the electronic device downloads and stores a first portion of a second video stream and receives a request to display the second video stream on the display. In response to receiving the request, the electronic device starts to play the second video stream using the first portion of the second video stream, if the first portion of the second video stream meets recency criteria with respect to a current stream time of the second video stream. But if the first portion of the second video stream does not meet the recency criteria, the electronic device requests a second portion of the second video stream that is outside of the first portion of the second video stream.

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