File system for portable device
View Patent ↗The present application teaches a special kind of filesystem and/or connection for a computer device and especially for a computer device of the type which includes reduced resource capability.
1. A display device comprising:
a display part, that displays information received from a remote source;
a wireless network connection and a wired network connection;
a microprocessor that carries out an operation to:
receive only a beginning portion of a file over the wireless network connection, and also receive information which enables finding the rest of the file on the network over the wired network connection, and
to play said beginning portion of said file while downloading other parts of said file over the network wired connection and playing said other parts, at a time subsequent to downloading said beginning portion,
wherein said beginning portion defines a playing time of a length effective to allow playing during a time before the rest of the file starts downloading.
2. The display device as in claim 1 , wherein said display part also plays one portion of said other parts of said file while downloading another portion of said other parts of said file.
3. The display device as in claim 1 , wherein said network connection includes an Internet connection.