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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
May. 15, 2015
Spotify Ab, Stockholm, SE;
Ardit Bajraktari, New York, NY (US);
Luc Succes, New York, NY (US);
Tristan Jehan, New York, NY (US);
Bror Simon Hofverberg, Partille, SE;
Niklas Martin Gustavsson, Gothenburg, SE;
Pär Mikael Bohrarper, Gothenburg, SE;
Babar Zafar, Stockholm, SE;
SPOTIFY AB, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
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.