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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Mark D. Carney, Sterling, VA (US);
Martin W McKee, Herndon, VA (US);
Jeffrey A. Jackson, Coppell, TX (US);
Dante J. Pacella, Charles Town, WV (US);
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method includes sending, by a user device, a request for video content based on a selected video content chapter of the video content. The method also includes receiving video content information that includes a list of video content chapters of the video content. The method includes determining, for each listed video content chapter, whether the video content chapter has been previously stored on the user device. The method further includes downloading particular chapters of the video content in a priority order based on the selected chapter in response to a determination that the particular chapters have not been previously stored on the user device, and playing the video content based on the selected chapter.