Method for Sharing Media Content, Terminal Device, and Content Sharing System

A terminal device, comprising:

• a detecting and obtaining unit configured to obtain M network addresses from N second terminal devices when detecting that the N second terminal devices are playing M pieces of media content online, wherein the M network addresses correspond one to one to the M pieces of media content, M is greater than or equal to N, and N and M are positive integers;
• a content obtaining unit configured to obtain, based on the M network addresses, the M pieces of media content from a content server;
• an editing unit configured to edit the M pieces of media content obtained from the content server to obtain first media content, and generate editing information according to an editing manner used when the first media content is obtained;
• a reporting unit configured to send the editing information to the content server;
• a receiving unit configured to receive a second network address sent by the content server, wherein the second network address is a network address corresponding to a first media content playlist which is generated by the content server based on the editing information, wherein the first media content playlist is a media content playlist corresponding to the first media content;
• and
• a publishing unit configured to publish the second network address on a social networking server.

A content sharing system, comprising:

• a first terminal device;
• N second terminal devices;
• a content server;
• and
• a social networking server,
• wherein the first terminal device is configured to:
• obtain M network addresses from the N second terminal devices when detecting that the N second terminal devices are playing M pieces of media content online, wherein the M network addresses correspond one to one to the M pieces of media content, M is greater than or equal to N, and N and M are positive integers;
• obtain, based on the M network addresses, the M pieces of media content from the content server, edit the M pieces of media content obtained from the content server to obtain first media content, and generate editing information according to an editing manner used when the first media content is obtained;
• send the editing information to the content server;
• receive a second network address sent by the content server, wherein the second network address is a network address corresponding to a first media content playlist which is generated by the content server based on the editing information, wherein the first media content playlist is a media content playlist corresponding to the first media content;
• and
• publish the second network address on a social networking server.