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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2021
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Neel B. Parekh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for managing audio files of a user to reduce latencies in play start times on local devices. The audio files are stored on cloud storage managed by a server. One method includes processing a plurality of audio files associated with a user, where the processing is configured to create audio snippet files from each of the plurality of audio files. The audio snippet files representing a beginning part of each of the plurality of audio files. The method also includes transmitting the audio snippet files to a client device and detecting a request from the client to begin playing a first audio file from the plurality of audio files of the user. The first audio file being stored on the cloud storage managed by the server.