
Small Local Segments Could Eliminate Buffering for Apple Cloud Music
Posted May 19, 2011 at 11:24am by iClarified · 6823 views
The patent entitled, "Local Storage of a Portion of Streamed Media Items," describes a new iTunes option that would 'sync partial music'.
Using this method, users could dramatically reduce the amount of storage used by their music library on their mobile device. Segments of the song would be stored locally, and the iOS software would fill in the gaps by obtaining the rest of the track from a file stored in the cloud.
Apple has reportedly signed two out of the four major labels to their upcoming service which will likely be unveiled at WWDC 2011.
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