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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2007
Milko Boic, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeff Ayars, North Bend, WA (US);
Greg Wright, Seattle, WA (US);
RealNetworks, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and computer program product for receiving a plurality of media data file portions on a client electronic device from a remote distribution server computer. Each media data file portion is associated with a media data stream. A user is allowed to select a specific media data file portion for rendering. The specific media data file portion is chosen from the plurality of media data file portions. Upon the user selecting the specific media data file portion, at least a portion of the specific media data file portion is rendered and a specific media data stream associated with the specific media data file portion is obtained from an on-demand media server computer.