Apparatus and method for skipping songs without delay
US7797064B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 16, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 14, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L65/612
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an Internet based personalized radio, where a user has a pre-selected list of songs to be played in a particular order, the invention provides an apparatus and method allowing the user to skip one or more songs without having an unintended delay between skips. This is accomplished by pre-buffering the first ten seconds of each of the next several songs on the list so that, should the user choose to skip to any of the next several songs, the pre-buffered ten seconds of the target song is already available to be played. The apparatus starts to play the pre-buffered port of the target song and starts to download the rest of it at the same time. Because the initial buffering time for the rest of the target song is less than ten seconds, the target song is played smoothly.
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