Management and Prioritization of Media Items Downloading
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorAnne Jones
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiments relate generally to the downloading of media items. The media items may include, for example, audio, video, image, or podcast data. In accordance with one embodiment, two or more media items may be concurrently downloaded. In accordance with another embodiment, a user may control the downloading of each of the media items, as desired. More particularly, the user may choose to download, pause, or resume downloading one or more media items identified in the list of media items. In other words, the user may alter the download status of any of the items in the list of media items. In addition, the user may re-prioritize the order in which the media items in the list or a subset thereof are to be downloaded.
Claims21
(canceled)
A method comprising:
- initiating download of a first media content and a second media content available for download from at least one server;
- providing, on a user interface, a download status for each of the downloads of the media content;
- receiving an instruction to pause the download of the first media content prior to completion of the download of the first media content;
- and
- pausing the download of the first media content and continuing a download of the second media content while the download of the first media content is paused.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable code executable by one or more processors to:
- initiate download of a first media content and a second media content available for download from at least one server;
- provide, on a user interface, a download status for each of the downloads of the media content;
- receive an instruction to pause the download of the first media content prior to completion of the download of the first media content;
- and
- pause the download of the first media content and continuing a download of the second media content while the download of the first media content is paused.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- one or more network storage devices comprising media content available for download;
- and
- one or more computer readable medium comprising computer readable code executable by the one or more processors to:
- initiate transmission, to a client device, of a first media content and a second media content of the media content available for download;
- receive an instruction to pause the transmission of the first media content prior to completion of the transmission of the first media content;
- and
- pause the transmission of the first media content and transmitting the second media content while the transmission of the first media content is paused.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.