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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2023
Netflix, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Christopher Alan Newton, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
NETFLIX, INC., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments, a segment delivery application streams segments of downloadables to client devices. At a first point-in-time, the segment delivery application receives a request from a server for a segment of a downloadable. The segment delivery application determines that the segment is not available and that the segment is a next expected segment of the downloadable. At a second-point in time, the segment delivery application determines that the segment has become available. Upon determining that the segment has become available, the segment delivery application transmits to the server a response that includes the segment and corresponds to the request.