System for the delivery and dynamic presentation of large media assets over bandwidth constrained networks

摘要

Media content, based on a predetermined set of constraints, from a content provider is delivered to a local cache of a user device before viewing the media. A client asset manager process resides in the user device, an asset list at the content provider site, and the media assets are located at a remote site.

主权项

1. A user device comprising:
a cache; and a processor configured to execute a client asset manager process to:
receive a media asset list over a network;send a request over the network for a content selected by a user from the media asset list, the request specifying a future time on or after which the user desires to view the content;receive, in response to the request, the content over the network by the future time;store the received contend in the cache;check a token to determine whether an advertisement associated with the content exists in the cache;permit viewing of the content by the user, when the token is set indicating that the advertisement associated with the content exists in the cache;when the token is not set:
receive, in response to the request, the advertisement associated with the content over the network;store the received advertisement in the cache; andprevent the user from viewing the content until the advertisement associated with the content is stored in the cache.