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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Frank R. Morrison, III, Seattle, WA (US);
Alexander Burba, Seattle, WA (US);
Brandon Hunt, Redmond, WA (US);
John Justice, Bellevue, WA (US);
Krassimir Karamfilov, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); A63F 13/358 (2014.01); A63F 13/48 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/32 (2013.01); A63F 13/358 (2014.09); A63F 13/48 (2014.09);
Abstract
Buffering an interactive digital content item includes downloading the interactive digital content item, and beginning execution of the interactive digital content item with a buffer after enough of the interactive digital content item is downloaded to fill the buffer and before the interactive digital content item is completely downloaded. The size of the buffer is dynamically set as a function of one or more experience parameters.