METHOD OF OPERATING AN IP CLIENT

摘要

An IP client device that is connected to a display device for presentation of audio/video (AV) content pulls AV content for a user- selected service from a server and presents the AV content to the user. Concurrently, the IP client device pulls a selected version of AV content for an additional service from a server that hosts multiple versions of the AV content for the additional service, the multiple versions providing the AV content for the additional service at different bit rates, and temporarily storing the selected version of the AV content for the additional service in a memory. In response to a request from the user for presentation of the AV content for the additional service, the IP client device reads the selected version of the AV content for the additional service from the memory and presents the AV content for the additional service to the user.