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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Frank R. Morrison, III, Seattle, WA (US);
Brandon Hunt, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeffrey David Henshaw, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael Gallop, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ivan P. Trindev, Issaquah, WA (US);
Eric Neil Lockard, Sammamish, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Acquiring an interactive digital content item including a plurality of content portions includes receiving a first set of the content portions that is less than an entirety of the content portions. A partial functionality version of the interactive digital content item is presented using the first set of content portions. A second set of the content portions is received while the partial functionality version of the interactive digital content item is presented. Functionality is added to the partial functionality version of the interactive digital content item using the second set of content portions without interrupting presentation of the partial functionality version of the interactive digital content item.