Method and system for receiving a data file
US10990318B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 29, 2016 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0607
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of receiving data segments of a data file on a user electronic device from a remote data source or sources over a data network. The data file being requested by or being pushed to an intended recipient application program executing on the user electronic device. The method includes receiving incoming data segments from the remote device over the data network and maintaining a memory buffer in memory of the user electronic device comprising one or more memory blocks. A status indicator for each memory block in the memory buffer is maintained that is indicative of the status of the memory block and the incoming data segments are allocated to specific memory blocks for storage in the memory buffer based at least partly on their respective status indicator. The stored data segments from the memory buffer are then provided to the recipient application program on the user electronic device for use or playback for example.
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