| US 7,457,852 B2 | ||
| Wrapper playlists on streaming media services | ||
| Bret P. O'Rourke, Kirkland, Wash. (US); Dawson F. Dean, Redmond, Wash. (US); and Anton Kucer, Kirkland, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 10, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/54,875. | ||
| Application 11/054875 is a division of application No. 09/892922, filed on Jun. 26, 2001, granted, now 7,076,478. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0165943 A1, Jul. 28, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—219 [707/3] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A method for combining streaming media content items for streaming to a client computer across a network, the method comprising:
maintaining an original playlist on a server computer, the original playlist comprising at least one reference to a streaming
media content item and at least one placeholder;
receiving a request for a requested streaming media content item at the server computer from a client computer over a network;
generating a copy of the original playlist, by the server computer, while retaining the original playlist;
modifying, by the server computer, the copy of the original playlist to create a modified playlist
by replacing at least one placeholder of the copy of the original playlist with a reference to the requested streaming media
content item, such that the modified playlist comprises at least one reference to the requested streaming media content item
and at least one reference to at least the streaming media content item; and
providing the streaming media content items referenced by the modified playlist to the client computer over the network.
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