SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE, STREAMING MEDIA REDIRECTING AND STREAMING MEDIA ON-DEMAND
First Claim
1. An Electronic Program Guide (EPG) system, comprising an EPG server and a digital terminal;
- wherein the EPG server obtaining a matching streaming media program list according to capability parameters of the digital terminal and transmitting the obtained streaming media program list to the digital terminal;
the digital terminal receiving the streaming media program list from the EPG server and presenting the streaming media program list to a user.
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Abstract
A method of streaming media, includes: a digital terminal visits an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) server, the EPG server obtains the capability parameters of the digital terminal and a streaming media program list that matches the capability parameters of the digital terminal, and the EPG server sends the streaming media program list to the digital terminal so that a user may choose a program; after the program is chosen by the user, the digital terminal initiates a redirecting request to the request redirector; after receiving the redirecting request, the request redirector obtains the capability parameters of the digital terminal and selects a matching streaming media server to serve the digital terminal according to the capability parameters of the digital terminal and the program chosen by the user. The present invention also provides a streaming media on-demand system, including an EPG system, a redirector.
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1. An Electronic Program Guide (EPG) system, comprising an EPG server and a digital terminal;
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the EPG server obtaining a matching streaming media program list according to capability parameters of the digital terminal and transmitting the obtained streaming media program list to the digital terminal;
the digital terminal receiving the streaming media program list from the EPG server and presenting the streaming media program list to a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for redirecting streaming media, comprising a request redirector, a digital terminal and a streaming media server, wherein
the request redirector obtains the capability parameters of the digital terminal and a program chosen by a user, based on which the request redirector selects a matching streaming media server and redirects the visit of the digital terminal to the selected streaming media server; the digital terminal reports the program chosen by the user to the request redirector, receives the streaming media file data from the streaming media server according to the redirecting of the request redirector and plays the received file to the user on a display device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system of steaming media on-demand, comprises an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) server, a digital terminal, a request redirector and a streaming media server, wherein
the EPG server obtains a matching streaming media program list according to the obtained digital terminal capability parameters and transmits the obtained streaming media program list to the digital terminal; -
the digital terminal receives the streaming media program list from the EPG server, presents the streaming media program list to a user for choosing, and reporting the program chosen by the user to the request redirector;
the request redirector selects a matching streaming media server according to the program chosen by the user, which is reported by the digital terminal, and redirecting the visit of the digital terminal to the selected streaming media server; and
the streaming media server provides streaming media file data for the digital terminal according to the redirecting of the request redirector. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An Electronic Program Guide (EPG) server, comprising a streaming media program database and a terminal capability inquiry module, wherein
the streaming media program database saves the streaming media programs which correspond to streaming media files saved in a streaming media server and for saving capability parameters that need to be supported by the digital terminal; the terminal capability inquiry module obtains the capability parameters of a digital terminal, searching the streaming media program database according to the capability parameters of the digital terminal to obtain a streaming media program list that matches the capability parameters of the digital terminal and sending the obtained streaming media program list to corresponding digital terminal. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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