Media content sharing method and server
AssigneeNovatek Microelectronics Corp.
InventorWei-Chung Chang
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Abstract
A media content sharing method is provided which includes receiving a query message including query information associated with a media content from a client device, determining whether a storage unit contains a target description file including at least a segment information including characteristics corresponding to the query information, whereby the storage unit stores a plurality of description files uploaded from a plurality of content providing devices, and transmitting a request message to a first content providing device which uploads the target description file, for requesting the first content providing device to provide a target media segment.
Claims21
A media content sharing method, comprising:
- receiving a query message including query information associated with a media content from a client device;
- determining whether a storage unit contains a target description file including at least a segment information including characteristics corresponding to the query information, whereby the storage unit stores a plurality of description files uploaded from a plurality of content providing devices;
- and
- transmitting a request message to a first content providing device which uploads the target description file, for requesting the first content providing device to provide a target media segment.
A server, comprising:
- a first storage unit, for storing description files uploaded from a plurality of content providing devices;
- and
- a processing unit, for receiving a query message including query information associated with a media content from a client device, determining whether the first storage unit contains a target description file including at least a segment information including characteristics corresponding to the query information and transmitting a request message to a first content providing device which uploads the target description file for requesting the first content providing device to provide a target media segment.
A method of retrieving media contents for a device, comprising:
- sending a query message including query information associated with a media content to a server;
- and
- receiving a target media segment which is originated from a first content providing device based on the server determining that a target description file including at least a segment information including characteristics corresponding to characteristics of the query information exists in the server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.