Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for switching between media streams while providing a seamless user experience
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Application No.: US14720525Application Date: 2015-05-22
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Publication No.: US09661379B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Eric Hoffert , Mike Berkley , Kevin Faaborg , Gustav Soderstrom
- Applicant: Spotify AB
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: SPOTIFY AB
- Current Assignee: SPOTIFY AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Main IPC: H04N21/438
- IPC: H04N21/438 ; G06F3/01 ; H04N21/41 ; H04N21/422 ; H04N21/472 ; H04N21/431 ; H04N21/437 ; H04N21/44 ; H04N21/442 ; H04N5/445 ; H04N21/43 ; H04N5/44 ; H04L29/06 ; H04N21/482 ; H04N21/433 ; H04N21/439 ; H04N21/466 ; H04N21/475

Abstract:
An electronic device with one or more processors, memory, and a display displays a first video stream on the display. The electronic device downloads and stores a portion of a second video stream and, once the portion of the second video stream has been downloaded, ceases to download the second video stream. The electronic device receives a request to display the second video stream on the display and, in response, determines whether the stored portion of the second video stream satisfies recency criteria with respect to a current stream time of the second video stream. In accordance with a determination that the stored portion of the second video stream satisfies the recency criteria, the electronic device displays at least a portion of the first video stream on the display concurrently with at least the stored portion of the second video stream.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150334455A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN MEDIA STREAMS WHILE PROVIDING A SEAMLESS USER EXPERIENCE Public/Granted day:2015-11-19
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