Methods and systems for efficiently downloading media assets

A media asset, efficient technology used in image communication, selective content distribution, electrical components, etc. to solve problems such as useless and incomplete downloads

Inactive Publication Date: 2018-02-16
ROVI GUIDES INC
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Hence, incomplete downloads can be useless and frustrating for users

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[0023] There may be a need for methods and systems for efficiently and quickly downloading media assets before network connectivity is lost. For example, a media guidance application may determine that the user must board a plane within five minutes, and receive a request from the user to download a movie. The media guide app can download movies in segments, where 75% of the segments are downloaded in SD quality, which is faster than HD quality, and the remaining 25% of segments are downloaded in HD quality. This can allow the download to complete before the user boards the plane and loses the network connection.

[0024] figure 1 is an illustrative media guidance application screen 100 showing media assets available for download in conjunction with embodiments of the present disclosure. For simplicity, screen 100 depicts only three media assets, but any number of media assets may be displayed as available for download according to embodiments of the present disclosure. Scr...

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Methods and systems are described for downloading media assets efficiently and quickly before loss of network connectivity. The method may allow a user to download portions of a media asset in different versions to download a maximum portion of the media asset before loss of network connectivity. Certain versions of media assets may be downloaded more quickly than other versions of media assets. The method may also allow a user to view partially downloaded media assets without network connectivity. The method may also replace portions of media assets downloaded in a first version with portionsof the media assets in a second version once network connectivity is restored.

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Background technique [0001] Users of media guidance applications may wish to download media assets to their user devices for storage. When the user does not have access to the communication network, the user can view the stored media assets. The media guidance application does not calibrate download characteristics to allow fast and complete download of media assets on the user device. If the user device loses access to the communications network during the download, an incomplete download may result. The media guidance application does not allow the user to view the media asset if the media asset is only partially downloaded to the user device. Thus, an incomplete download can be useless and frustrating for the user. Contents of the invention [0002] Methods and systems for efficiently downloading media assets are described in this disclosure. In some aspects, the method includes receiving a user selection of a media asset. For example, a media guidance application ma...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04N21/442H04N21/433H04N21/45H04N21/24H04N21/845
CPCH04N21/4334H04N21/44209H04N21/4532H04N21/845H04N21/8456H04N21/2402H04N21/24H04N21/262H04N21/442H04N21/47202H04N21/2407H04N21/4662H04N21/4821H04N21/84H04N21/4622
Inventor A·P·布洛霍维克R·维尔斯O·查罗依O·瓦斯勒M·帕特尔
Owner ROVI GUIDES INC
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