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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2015
Hulu, Llc, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Jonathan Hayden Pitcairn Gomes, Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel Honig Bear, Seattle, WA (US);
Lyudmil Vladimirov Antonov, Seattle, WA (US);
HULU, LLC, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method updates a media program streaming application. The method includes running an update application to determine when the streaming application on the computing device needs to be updated based on update information from a remote server and reviewing the update information to determine when the media program streaming application needs to be updated. When the media program streaming application needs to be updated, the method loads a set of updateable core files in a plurality of updateable core files from a core memory into an application execution memory. Then, the method sends a request for a set of remote core files to the remote server, receives the set of remote core files, and loads the set of remote core files into the application execution memory. The set of updateable core files and the set of remote core files in the application execution memory are executed.