| US 7,539,711 B1 | ||
| Streaming video data with fast-forward and no-fast-forward portions | ||
| Srinivas Pothapragada, San Jose, Calif. (US); Lakshman Narayanaswamy, Santa Clara, Calif. (US); Pannala Sudhakar Reddy, San Jose, Calif. (US); Ravi Indurkar, Santa Clara, Calif. (US); and Tarun Kumar Tripathy, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 04, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/68,352. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 12/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 707—205 [707/10; 707/104.1; 709/217] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A computer-implemented method of transmitting streaming data, the method comprising:
streaming a video comprising previously-stored first video data and second video data from data storage to a user, and
receiving a request to fast-forward the video and detecting an attempt to bypass the second video data and, notwithstanding
the request, streaming the second video data to the user;
wherein the first video data is stored on a first member of the data storage and the second video data is stored on a second
member of the data storage, the user being enabled to fast-forward any video data stored on the first member and disabled
from fast-forwarding any video data stored on the second member, to transmit the any video data stored on the second member
to the user with fast-forwarding disabled.
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