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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2007
Applicant:
Tomi Blinnikka, Berkeley, CA (US);
Inventor:
Tomi Blinnikka, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); G11B 27/10 (2006.01); G11B 27/34 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/432 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/163 (2013.01); G11B 27/105 (2013.01); G11B 27/34 (2013.01); H04N 21/422 (2013.01); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/4325 (2013.01); H04N 21/44004 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method of pre-buffering media files may be employed to improve the initial playback performance of a media file. In accordance with one aspect, a media player application may present a list of media files for playback. Based on a location and/or movement of an input focus device, the media player may pre-buffer those media files located within a proximity of the input focus device. A pre-buffered media file may be selected for playback by the media player application.