Contents providing system and method for streaming service
First Claim
1. A content providing system connected to at least one of wired/wireless terminals and a wide area server, for supporting a streaming service, the content providing system comprising:
- at least one of local servers for storing contents received from the wide area server and providing context index information of the contents; and
a managing node for managing the context index information by the contents stored in each of the local servers and the wide area server, determining a location of storing a corresponding content from the context index information according to type information of the corresponding content if a content request message is received from a terminal, and transmitting a content-transmission message to local servers having the corresponding content or the wide area server so that the local servers or the wide area server transmit the content requested by the terminal to the terminal through a wired/wireless Internet network.
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Abstract
A content providing system and method for a streaming service are provided. The content providing system is connected to at least one of wired/wireless terminals and a wide area server. The content providing system includes at least one of local servers and a manage node. The local servers store contents received from the wide area server and provide context index information. The managing node manages the context index information by the contents stored in the local servers and the wide area server, and determines a storing location of a corresponding content from the context index information if a content request message is received from a terminal. Also, the managing node transmits the requested content to the terminal through a wired/wireless Internet network by transmitting a content-transmission message to local servers having the corresponding content or the wide area server.
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1. A content providing system connected to at least one of wired/wireless terminals and a wide area server, for supporting a streaming service, the content providing system comprising:
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at least one of local servers for storing contents received from the wide area server and providing context index information of the contents; and
a managing node for managing the context index information by the contents stored in each of the local servers and the wide area server, determining a location of storing a corresponding content from the context index information according to type information of the corresponding content if a content request message is received from a terminal, and transmitting a content-transmission message to local servers having the corresponding content or the wide area server so that the local servers or the wide area server transmit the content requested by the terminal to the terminal through a wired/wireless Internet network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A streaming service system comprising:
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at least one of terminals for receiving a content through a wired/wireless Internet network and providing a streaming service to a user;
a wide area server for storing contents for a streaming service and transmitting the contents; and
at least one of content providing systems including at least one of local servers for storing contents received from the wide area server, managing content index information of contents stored in each of the local servers and the wide area server, and transmitting contents from a corresponding local server or the wide area server to a corresponding terminal by checking content index information according to a content request message received from each of the terminals. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A method of providing contents for supporting a streaming service in a content providing system connected to at least one of wired/wireless terminal and a wide area server, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) at each of the local servers, storing contents received from the wide area server;
b) at a managing node, managing content index information by the contents stored in each of the local servers;
c) detecting local servers having a corresponding content by analyzing the content index information if a content request message is received from a terminal through a wired/wireless Internet network, and transmitting a content transmission message to the detected local server; and
d) at the detected local server, transmitting the content to the corresponding terminal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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