Method and apparatus for multimedia communication, and storage medium

A method for multimedia communication performed at a terminal having one or more processors and memory storing a plurality of programs to be executed by the one or more processors, and the method comprising:

• loading a session page by using a browser kernel integrated in a local client running a first social networking program, wherein the session page corresponds to a communication session between a first user of the first social networking program at the local client and a second user of a second social networking program at a peer client, the second social networking program different from the first social networking program, and executing a script on the session page by using the browser kernel, to perform the following operations:
• exchanging a control parameter with the peer client running the second social networking program, by using a signaling server, the control parameter comprising a network parameter and a media stream parameter;
• establishing a data channel associated with the communication session between the local client and the peer client by using an address and a port of the local client and an address and a port of the peer client that are comprised in the network parameter;
• collecting multimedia data associated with the communication session and transmitting the multimedia data to the peer client through the data channel, so that the peer client plays the multimedia data by using a media stream parameter of the local client;
• receiving, through the data channel, the multimedia data collected by the peer client, and playing the multimedia data on the session page according to a media stream parameter of the peer client, wherein the establishing a data channel between the local client and the peer client by using an address and a port of the local client and an address and a port of the peer client that are comprised in the network parameter comprises:
• when at least one of the local client and the peer client is located in a firewall or is configured with a network address translator device, correspondingly performing a traversal operation on the firewall or the network address translator device by using a wide area network address or port of the firewall or the network address translator device, to form a direct data channel between the local client and the peer client, wherein
• the direct data channel passes through the firewall or the network address translator device, and a predetermined protocol is used for a link carrying the direct data channel, and
• the method further comprises:
• comprising, by the network parameter, a wide area network address and port of the local client;
• before the network information is exchanged with the peer client by using the signaling server, requesting, from the signaling server, authentication information used for logging in to a transit server;
• receiving the authentication information returned by the signaling server after the signaling server successfully authenticates the local client;
• and
• logging in to the transit server by using the authentication information, and obtaining the wide area network address or port of the firewall or the network address translator device that are detected by the transit server.

An apparatus for multimedia communication, comprising:

• one or more processors, memory coupled to the one or more processors and a plurality of programs stored in the memory that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the transcoding capability configuration device to perform operations including:
• loading a session page by using a browser kernel integrated in a local client running a first social networking program, wherein the session page corresponds to a communication session between a first user of the first social networking program at the local client and a second user of a second social networking program at a peer client, the second social networking program different from the first social networking program, and executing a script on the session page by using the browser kernel, to perform the following operations:
• exchanging a control parameter with the peer client running the second social networking program, by using a signaling server, the control parameter comprising a network parameter and a media stream parameter;
• establishing a data channel associated with the communication session between the local client and the peer client by using an address and a port of the local client and an address and a port of the peer client that are comprised in the network parameter;
• collecting multimedia data associated with the communication session and transmitting the multimedia data to the peer client through the data channel, so that the peer client plays the multimedia data by using a media stream parameter of the local client;
• and
• receiving, through the data channel, the multimedia data collected by the peer client, and playing the multimedia data on the session page according to a media stream parameter of the peer client;
• and
• before collecting multimedia data and transmitting the multimedia data to the peer client through the data channel:
• performing an encrypted negotiation operation with the peer client through the data channel, to determine an encryption algorithm and a session key of the multimedia data transmitted on the data channel, wherein the performing an encrypted negotiation operation with the peer client through the data channel, to determine an encryption algorithm and a session key of the multimedia data transmitted on the data channel comprises:
• receiving an encryption algorithm set and a peer client digital certificate that are selected by the peer client and that are sent by the peer client through the data channel, wherein the encryption algorithm set comprises at least a certificate authentication algorithm and an encryption algorithm;
• verifying the peer client digital certificate according to the certificate authentication algorithm;
• determining a key exchange algorithm by performing a negotiation operation with the peer client, and exchanging a key with the peer client;
• and
• encrypting, according to the key exchange algorithm, the key generated by the local client and the peer client, to form the session key used for encrypting the multimedia data.