PLAYBACK MANIPULATION OF HTTP STREAMED CONTENT OBJECTS

摘要

According to the invention, a method for playing a streamed content object using hypertext transport protocol (HTTP) transport is disclosed. In one ste p, a first portion of the streamed content object is received from a packet switched network(108) using HTTP. The first portion is played at least partially coincident in time with the first listed receiving step. A second portion of the streamed content object is received. The second portion is no t contiguous in the streamed content object to the first portion.