Granted Patent B2

US 12,470,677 · App. 18/654,520 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Inventors: Adam L. Berger (Pittsburgh, PA); Joshua Pressnell (Spring Valley, OH); Richard David Jackson (Parana, BR)

Assignee: PENTHERA PARTNERS, INC.

H04N9/8205G06Q30/0261G06Q30/0264G06Q30/0267G06Q30/0269G11B27/10H04N5/76H04N5/92H04N5/93

Abstract

Claims (32)

1 . A method for playing a media item from a non-volatile local storage unit of a player device, the method comprising:

storing the media item on the non-volatile local storage unit of the player device;

storing a first set of content break items on the non-volatile local storage unit of the player device;

after storing the media item on the non-volatile local storage unit of the player device and after storing on the non-volatile local storage unit of the player device the first set of content break items, detecting a request to play the media item; and

in response to detecting the request to play the media item:

performing a process for obtaining from a remote server a first set of content break item URLs, and

initiating playing the media item from the non-volatile local storage unit, wherein

the process for obtaining the first set of content break item URLs comprises transmitting a request to the remote server and receiving from the remote server a response responsive to the request,

the response comprises the first set of content break item URLs, and each content break item URL identifies a content break item file stored at a content server remote from the player device,

the step of initiating the playing of the media item from the non-volatile local storage unit is performed after receiving from the remote server the response comprising the first set of content break item URLs, and

initiating the playing of the media item from the non-volatile local storage unit comprises retrieving the media item from the non-volatile locale storage unit.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the request to play the media item comprises detecting that a play button associated with the media item has been activated.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

using the first set of content break item URLs to get the files from the content server; and

after getting the files from the content server, storing the files in the non-volatile local storage unit.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the method further comprises playing the files from the non-volatile local storage unit.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the method further comprises using the first set of content break item URLs to get the files from the content server, and

the step of initiating the playing of the media item from the non-volatile local storage unit is performed after using the first set of content break item URLs to get the files from the content server.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the method further comprises using the first set of content break item URLs to get the files from the content server, and

the method further comprises playing the files before playing the media item from the non-volatile local storage unit.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the method further comprises playing the files from the content server, and

the files are played before playing the media item from the non-volatile local storage unit.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the process comprises:

determining whether the player device has network connectivity; and

in response to determining that the player device has network connectivity, transmitting to the remote server a request, wherein the remote service is configured to transmit a response message responsive to the request, and the response message comprises the URLs; and

receiving the response message.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein

each URL included in the set of URLs identifies a video segment, and

the method comprises using the set of URLs to retrieve the video segments.

Continuity (11)

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