A HYBRID METHOD FOR DELIVERING amp;ldquo;STREAMINGamp;rdquo; MEDIA WITHIN THE HOME

摘要

The present invention relates to a hybrid system and method for transmitting streaming media in the home. According to this method , a small amount of the media item from the control device is received by the rendering device is pre- cached in the cache . To select the media items when the user plays , while starting the playback of the media item from the cache in real time as soon as the remaining portion of the selected media item is downloaded from the control device is attached to the cache at a faster rate than real-time .