Apparatus And Method For Transmitting Streaming Services
First Claim
1. An apparatus for transmitting streaming service, applicable to a network communication environment, said apparatus comprising:
- a service agent having a service list, said service list recording contact address of at least a node able to provide streaming service and priority of each of said at least a node on streaming data transmission path of said streaming service;
wherein when a client node inquiring to said service agent of said contact address of said at least a node able to provide streaming service, said service agent searching said service list to find said contact address and responding to said client node so that said client node able to obtaining said streaming data from said node found in the response.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system and method for transmitting streaming services. The system may comprise a service agent having a service list. The service list records the contact addresses and priority for one or more nodes that can provide streaming services. The priority for a node represents the level that the node belongs to a path for transmitting streaming data. When a client node requests the service agent for the nodes, wherein the nodes may provide a specific streaming service, the service agent searches for the service list and responds the search result to the client node. Therefore, the client node may get the streaming data directly from the nodes being found, and these nodes form a peer-to-peer network system.
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21 Claims
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1. An apparatus for transmitting streaming service, applicable to a network communication environment, said apparatus comprising:
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a service agent having a service list, said service list recording contact address of at least a node able to provide streaming service and priority of each of said at least a node on streaming data transmission path of said streaming service; wherein when a client node inquiring to said service agent of said contact address of said at least a node able to provide streaming service, said service agent searching said service list to find said contact address and responding to said client node so that said client node able to obtaining said streaming data from said node found in the response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for transmitting streaming service, applicable to a network communication environment, said method comprising:
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arranging a service agent, said service agent having a service list, said service list recording contact address of at least a node able to provide streaming service and priority of each of said at least a node on streaming data transmission path of said streaming service; and a client node inquiring to said service agent of said contact address of said at least a node able to provide streaming service and obtaining said streaming data from said node found in the response of said inquiry. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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