DYNAMIC BUFFER MANAGEMENT FOR A MULTIMEDIA CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM

摘要

A method implemented in a computing device that connects over a network to server computers that host content streams. The method displays content items on the computing device where each content item includes a link to one of the content streams (410) determines an amount of available bandwidth on a data connection from the computing device to the network (420) and associates a pre fetch buffer and a streaming buffer with each content item (430). For each content item (440) the method obtains a measurement based on a condition relative to the linked content stream (450). The method then calculates for each content item a size for the pre fetch buffer based on the amount of available bandwidth and the measurement (460) allocates memory for the pre fetch buffer and the streaming buffer (470) and initiates a download of a first portion of the linked content stream to the pre fetch buffer (480).