Playback of an unencrypted portion of an audio stream

    公开(公告)号:US10237320B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-19

    申请号:US14714138

    申请日:2015-05-15

    申请人: SPOTIFY AB

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30 H04L29/06 H04L12/58

    摘要: This disclosure concerns the providing of media, and more particularly to the streaming of media. In one example embodiment of a method for streaming an audio content item to an electronic device, the method comprises: receiving a first data message comprising instructions from an electronic device to return a preview segment associated with a selected audio content item, the preview segment being a portion of the selected audio content item; retrieving said selected audio content item from a first storage; analyzing audio content of the retrieved audio content item to locate a portion of the selected audio content item to be used as the preview segment; extracting the located portion of the selected audio content item from the retrieved audio content item; and transmitting the extracted portion of the selected audio content item unencrypted to the electronic device.