System and method for streaming a media file from a server to a client device

A system configured to stream a media file from a server computer to a client device, the system comprising:

• a receiving chunk request module configured to receive a requested chunk of the media file from the server computer;
• a data streamed overlap detection module configured to determine that a range of the requested chunk overlaps with data from a current chunk streamed to the client device;
• a logical successor in media file detection module configured to detect that the requested chunk is a logical successor to the current chunk;
• and
• a chunk streaming module configured to:
• stream the requested chunk to the client device at a throttled rate provided that one or more of the following conditions are met:
• (i) the range of the requested chunk overlaps with data from a current chunk streamed to the client device;
• (ii) the requested chunk is a logical successor to the current chunk;
• otherwise stream the requested chunk to the client device at a burst rate for at least a predetermined burst duration.