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1. A media delivery system for delivering media content to a user at predetermined times, the media delivery system comprising:
a processing unit electronically coupled to a first communication interface that is configured to communicate over a network; a computer-readable storage medium storing a programming module configured to be executed on the processing unit; a display device electronically coupled to the processing unit; a media storage unit electronically coupled to the processing unit; and the programming module being configured to cause the processing unit to:
receive a user instruction including a first media selection of a first media content stored on the network, a first time setting, a second media selection of a second media content, a second time setting, a third media selection of a third media content stored on the network, and a third time setting,send a request to a remote server unit over the network requesting the server unit to stream the first media content over the network beginning at a first time corresponding to the first time setting, cease streaming the first media content at a second time corresponding to the second time setting, and to stream the third media content over the network beginning at a third time corresponding to the third time setting,receive the first media content streamed over the network beginning at the first time,play the first media content on the display device beginning at the first time and ceasing at the second time,play the second media content on the display device beginning at the second time by: determining, before the second time, whether the second media content is stored on the media storage unit, sending, in response to determining that the second media content is not stored on the media storage unit, a request to transmit a second media content section that is an executable section of a complete version of the second media selection, receiving the second media content section, processing, at the second time, the second media content section, sending, from the first communication interface after receiving at least part of the second media content section, a request for an additional second media content section, receiving the additional second media content section, and processing the additional second media content section,
cease playing the second media content at the third time,receive the third media content over the network beginning at the third time, andplay the third media content on the display device beginning at the third time. |
