System and method for downloading content associated with optical media

摘要

Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with downloading content associated with optical media are disclosed. A method may include determining a size of an item of content to be downloaded. The method may also include determining a download speed of a network connection between an information handling system and a content provider and determining a fractional download size corresponding with a desired download time at the download speed of the network connection based at least on the download speed. The method may further include downloading a plurality of portions of the content from the content provider, each portion less than or substantially equal in file size than the fractional download size, wherein at least two of the plurality of portions are downloaded substantially in parallel, and combining each of the plurality of portions such that the combination is substantially similar to the item of content.

主权项

1. A method for downloading an item of content associated with an optical medium from a content provider, comprising:
determining a size of an item of content to be downloaded to an information handling system from a content provider; determining a download speed of a network connection between the information handling system and the content provider; based at least on the download speed of the network connection, determining a fractional download size corresponding with a desired download time at the download speed of the network connection; downloading a plurality of portions of the content from the content provider, each portion less than or substantially equal in file size than the fractional download size, wherein at least two of the plurality of portions are downloaded substantially in parallel; and combining each of the plurality of portions at the information handling system such that the combination is substantially similar to the item of content.