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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2012
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Alexander Burba, Seattle, WA (US);
Frank R. Morrison, III, Seattle, WA (US);
Mehmet Akkurt, Seattle, WA (US);
Brandon Hunt, Redmond, WA (US);
John Justice, Bellevue, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, INC., Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are disclosed that relate to buffering portions of a digital content item in different orders for different users. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method of providing a buffer ordering for a digital content item. The method includes tracking content access information for each user of a plurality of users, the content access information for each user comprising information regarding how content portions of each of one or more digital content items were accessed by the user. The method further comprises providing a different buffer ordering for a first user of a selected digital content item than for a second user based upon the content access information.