Client management of download sequence of orchestrated content

A computer program product, stored on computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising:

• computer program code for retrieving a feed document, wherein the feed document represents time variant chunks of published content;
• computer program code for parsing the feed document to extract references to downloadable resources;
• computer code for determining a file type associated with the resource identified by each reference;
• computer program code for assigning a priority level to each reference, wherein the priority level differs depending upon whether the file type of the resource is image, audio, or video, wherein the priority level is further based upon a portion of the feed document currently displayed in a viewer and a reference position within the feed document, wherein references located in the portion are assigned a higher priority than references not located in the portion;
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• computer program code for downloading resources for each reference according to the assigned priority levels, wherein resources associated with higher priority references are downloaded before resources with lower priority references.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory system;
• a display;
• an input device;
• and
• an interconnection mechanism coupling the memory, the processor, the display, and the input device, allowing communication there between;
• wherein the memory system is encoded with a resource priority downloading application, that when executed in the processor, provides a resource priority downloading process that downloads resources according to a priority, by causing the computer system to perform the operations of:
• retrieving a feed document, wherein the feed document represents time variant chunks of published content;
• parsing the feed document to extract to downloadable resources;
• determining a file type associated with the resource identified by each reference;
• assigning a priority level to each reference, wherein the priority level differs depending upon whether the file type of the resource is image, audio, or video, wherein the priority level is further based upon a portion of the feed document currently displayed in a viewer and a reference position within the feed document, wherein references located in the portion are assigned a higher priority than references not located in the portion;
• and
• downloading resources for each reference according to the assigned priority levels, wherein resources associated with higher priority references are downloaded before resources with lower priority references.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• retrieving a feed document;
• parsing the feed document to extract references to downloadable resources, wherein parsing the feed document comprises:
• identifying a reference to a first version of a video file, the first version for rendering in accordance with a first video format;
• identifying a reference to a second version of the video file, the second version for rendering in accordance with a second video format, the first video format different than the second video format;
• assigning a priority level to each reference, wherein assigning the priority level to each reference comprises:
• assigning a first priority level to the reference to the first version of the video file;
• and
• assigning a second priority level to the reference to the second version of the video file, the first priority level different than the second priority level;
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• downloading resources for each reference according to the assigned priority levels, wherein resources associated with higher priority references are downloaded before resources with lower priority references.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• retrieving a feed document;
• parsing the feed document to extract references to downloadable resources, wherein parsing the feed document comprises extracting a nested reference, the nested reference containing multiple internal references to additional downloadable resources, the nested reference further indicating an order of use with respect to each of the additional downloadable resources;
• assigning a priority level to each reference, wherein assigning the priority level to each reference comprises assigning a priority level to each internal reference based on the order of use;
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• downloading resources for each reference according to the assigned priority levels, wherein resources associated with higher priority references are downloaded before resources with lower priority references.