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US 8,819,186 B2Granted
File system for portable device
OwnerScott C. Harrisinventor
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Abstract
The present application teaches a special kind of filesystem and/or connection for a computer device and especially for a computer device of the type which includes reduced resource capability.
Claims3
A display device comprising:
- a display part, that displays information received from a remote source;
- a wireless network connection and a wired network connection;
- a microprocessor that carries out an operation to:
- receive only a beginning portion of a file over the wireless network connection, and also receive information which enables finding the rest of the file on the network over the wired network connection, and
- to play said beginning portion of said file while downloading other parts of said file over the network wired connection and playing said other parts, at a time subsequent to downloading said beginning portion,
- wherein said beginning portion defines a playing time of a length effective to allow playing during a time before the rest of the file starts downloading.
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