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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2007
Todd Bowra, Redmond, WA (US);
Ashley C Speicher, Redmond, WA (US);
Nicholas J Fang, Redmond, WA (US);
Sudhakar V Prabhu, Bellevue, WA (US);
David M Davis, Woodinville, WA (US);
Todd Bowra, Redmond, WA (US);
Ashley C Speicher, Redmond, WA (US);
Nicholas J Fang, Redmond, WA (US);
Sudhakar V Prabhu, Bellevue, WA (US);
David M Davis, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The multi-location buffering of streaming media data is disclosed. One embodiment comprises buffering a first segment of media data associated with a current playback location, and buffering a second segment of media data associated with a seek point separated from the first segment of media data by a segment of unbuffered data. In this manner, data at seek points in the media stream may be buffered before a user requests a seek operation. Playback at a seek point may therefore begin with lessened or no perceived lag when a user inputs a seek command.