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Abstract

The present invention provides a comprehensive development platform and client-side technology for intelligent and cost-effective delivery of video, audio and broadband content over a network, such as the Internet, to desktop, mobile computing, and network connected devices. In one embodiment of the present invention, an intelligent delivery system (IDS) provides a system and method to download content, such any type of video and/or audio media, servers via an application, Internet or web-based protocol, such as any type and form of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) from a content source providing the media via multiple servers. The IDS may download over a network portions of a media from multiple servers, and store the downloaded media to storage of the client. The media may be available in any desired portions from the servers such as one more byte ranges, for example, as a sequence of bytes. The IDS may obtain one or more byte ranges of the media from any of the multiple servers, such as a first byte range from a first server and a second bytes range from a second server. As the portions of the media from the servers are received, the IDS stores the portions of media in storage of the client in a manner to provide the media as desired.

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