| 摘要 |
AN EXTENDED CONTENT STORAGE SYSTEM (100), APPARATUS, AND METHOD ARE DISCLOSED. THE SYSTEM INCLUDES A CLIENT (110) AND SERVER (112) CAPABLE OF BEING COMMUNICATIVELY COUPLED TO A COMMUNICATIONS MEDIUM, AND A MODULE (120) TO MONITOR THE TYPE OF CONTENT TYPE AND ITS TRANSMISSION RATE AS IT IS STORED IN A LIMITED LOCAL MEMORY MAINTAINED BY THE CLIENT (110). THE METHOD INCLUDES MONITORING THE LOCAL CONTENT STORAGE MEMORY AS IT IS USED TO ACQUIRE THE CONTENT, AND ESTABLISHING A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CLIENT (110) AND SERVER (112) TO ENABLE SENDING A SELECTED PORTION OF THE ACQUIRED CONTENT TO THE SERVER (112). THE METHOD ENABLES SUBSEQUENT PORTIONS (136, 138, ..., 140) OF THE CONTENT TO BE ACQUIRED WITHOUT EXCEEDING THE LOCAL MEMORY STORAGE LIMIT (115), AND REVIEW OF THE ACQUIRED CONTENT DURING ACQUISITION OF SUBSEQUENT PORTIONS (136, 138, ... , 140).
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