STREAM MEDIA SERVER, CLIENT TERMINAL AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DOWNLOADING STREAM MEDIA

• US 20110320629A1
• Filed: 09/10/2009
• Published: 12/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Wu, Mingxing
• Application Number:
  US13/141,416
• Publication Number:
  US 20110320629A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/613 for the control of the source by the destination control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components specially adapted for selective content distribution H04N21/637
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/65 Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4302 Content synchronisation processes, e.g. decoder synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44004 involving video buffer management, e.g. video decoder buffer or video display buffer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6437 Real-time Transport Protocol [RTP]

Abstract

The present invention discloses a streaming media server, a client terminal and method and system for downloading streaming media. The method comprises: receiving and caching streaming media data carried by RTP packets through a streaming media session; sorting and framing the cached RTP packets; and generating a file, writing framed data frames into the generated file. A system for downloading streaming media disclosed by the present invention at the same time comprises: a streaming media server, a client terminal, wherein the streaming media server is used for transmitting streaming media data carried by RTP packets through streaming media sessions; the client terminal is used for receiving and caching the RTP packets, sorting and framing the cached RTP packets, and generating a file, writing framed data frame in the generated file. With the present invention, the streaming media data which have already been downloaded can be displayed normally after downloading interruption.

Claims

1. A method for downloading streaming media, comprising:

receiving and caching transmitted streaming media data of a streaming media source file carried by real-time transport protocol (RTP) packets through a streaming media session;

sorting and framing the cached RTP packets; and

generating a file, writing framed data frames into the generated file.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

storing a timestamp of a data frame that is written into the file lastly when transmission is interrupted, and discarding the cached RTP packets that have not been framed into data frames;

initiating a streaming media session establishment request by sending to a streaming media server a real-time streaming protocol describe (RTSP Describe) request carrying a URL address of a streaming media source file whose transmission is interrupted;

sending to the streaming media server a RTSP play command carrying the stored timestamp;

receiving and caching the streaming media data of the streaming media source file carried by RTP packets through the streaming media session, wherein said streaming media data are streaming media data that need to resume to be transmitted determined by the stored timestamp;

sorting and framing the cached RTP packets; and

once a data frame is framed, writing the frame of data into the file generated before transmission is interrupted.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of sorting and framing the cached RTP packets comprises:

a. sorting the cached RTP packets;

b. searching out a first RTP packet carrying I-frame data from a sequence of RTP packets obtained by sorting;

discarding RTP packets before the first RTP packet carrying I-frame data searched out in the sequence, and differentiating RTP packets carrying audio data from those carrying video data according to a PID field of a RTP packet starting from the first RTP packet carrying I-frame data that is searched out, and framing the RTP packets carrying audio and video data respectively.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of receiving and caching transmitted streaming media data of a streaming media source file carried by RTP packets through a streaming media session comprises:

establishing the streaming media session;

sending to the streaming media server a RTSP play command carrying a starting time and an ending time of a selected portion for downloading in the streaming media source file; and

receiving and caching the RTP packets carrying the streaming media data transmitted by the streaming media server;

wherein said streaming media data are streaming media data in the streaming media source file corresponding to a period from the starting time to the ending time.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of said receiving and caching streaming media data of a streaming media source file carried by RTP packets through a streaming media session comprises:

establishing the streaming media session;

sending to the streaming media server a RTSP play command carrying a starting time and an ending time of a selected portion for downloading in the streaming media source file; and

receiving and caching the RTP packets carrying the streaming media data transmitted by the streaming media server;

wherein said streaming media data are streaming media data in the streaming media source file corresponding to a period from the starting time to the ending time.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the streaming media data that need to resume to be transmitted can be streaming media data in the streaming media source file corresponding to a period from the stored timestamp to the ending time.

7. A client terminal configured to receive and cache real-time transport protocol (RTP) packets carrying streaming media data transmitted by a streaming media server through a streaming media session;

sort and frame the cached RTP packets; and

generate a file and write framed data frames into the generated file;

thereby achieving download of streaming media.

8. The client terminal according to claim 7, comprising:

a first signaling generating unit configured to have signaling interaction with the streaming media server to establish the streaming media session;

a receiving unit configured to receive and cache the RTP packets;

a processing unit configured to sort and frame the cached RTP packets; and

a first storage unit configured to generate the file and write the framed data frames into the generated file.

9. The client terminal according to claim 8, further comprising:

a second storage unit configured to store a timestamp of a data frame that is written into the file lastly when transmission is interrupted; and

a second signaling generating unit configured to generate and send a RTSP play command carrying the stored timestamp; and

generate and send a RTSP play command carrying a starting time and an ending time of a selected portion for downloading in a streaming media source file.

10. A streaming media server configured to transmit to a client terminal streaming media data carried by real-time transport protocol (RTP) packets through a streaming media session;

thereby the client terminal can receive and cache the RTP packets, sort and frame the cached RTP packets, generate a file and write the framed data frames into the generated file to achieve download of streaming media.

11. The streaming media server according to claim 10, comprising:

a first analyzing unit configured to have signaling interaction with the client terminal to establish a streaming media session; and

a transmitting module configured to obtain streaming media data required by the client terminal, transmit the obtained streaming media data to the client terminal by carrying said data with RTP packets.

12. The streaming media server according to claim 11, further comprising:

a second analyzing unit configured to analyze a RTSP play command carrying a stored timestamp to obtain the stored timestamp; and

analyze the RTSP play command carrying a starting time and an ending time of a selected portion for downloading in a streaming media source file to obtain the starting time and the ending time of a selected portion for downloading in the streaming media source file; and

a data identifying unit configured to determine streaming media data required by the client terminal to be transmitted according to the stored timestamp; and

determine streaming media data required by the client terminal to be transmitted according to the starting time and ending time of a selected portion for downloading in the streaming media source file.

13. A system for downloading streaming media, comprising a client terminal and a streaming media server, wherein:

the client terminal is configured to receive and cache real-time transport protocol (RTP) packets carrying streaming media data transmitted by a streaming media server through a streaming media session;

sort and frame the cached RTP packets; and

generate a file and write framed data frames into the generated file;

the streaming media server is configured to transmit to the client terminal streaming media data carried by the RTP packets through the streaming media session;

thereby achieving download of streaming media.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the client terminal comprises:

a first signaling generating unit configured to have signaling interaction with the streaming media server to establish the streaming media session;

a receiving unit configured to receive and cache the RTP packets;

a processing unit configured to sort and frame the cached RTP packets; and

a first storage unit configured to generate the file and write the framed data frames into the generated file.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the client terminal further comprises:

a second storage unit configured to store a timestamp of a data frame that is written into the file lastly when transmission is interrupted; and

a second signaling generating unit configured to generate and send a RTSP play command carrying a stored timestamp; and

generate and send a RTSP play command carrying a starting time and an ending time of a selected portion for downloading in a streaming media source file.

16. The system according to claim 13, wherein the streaming media server comprises:

a first analyzing unit configured to have signaling interaction with the client terminal to establish a streaming media session; and

a transmitting module configured to obtain streaming media data required by the client terminal, transmit the obtained streaming media data to the client terminal by carrying said data with RTP packets.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein the streaming media server further comprises:

a second analyzing unit configured to analyze the RTSP play command carrying a stored timestamp to obtain the stored timestamp; and

analyze the RTSP play command carrying a starting time and an ending time of a selected portion for downloading in a streaming media source file to obtain the starting time and ending time of a selected portion for downloading in the streaming media source file; and

a data identifying unit configured to determine streaming media data required by the client terminal to be transmitted according to the stored timestamp; and

determine streaming media data required by the client terminal to be transmitted according to the starting time and ending time of a selected portion for downloading in the streaming media source file.

18. The system according to claim 14, wherein the streaming media server comprises:

a first analyzing unit configured to have signaling interaction with the client terminal to establish a streaming media session; and

a transmitting module configured to obtain streaming media data required by the client terminal, transmit the obtained streaming media data to the client terminal by carrying said data with RTP packets.

19. The system according to claim 15, wherein the streaming media server comprises:

a first analyzing unit configured to have signaling interaction with the client terminal to establish a streaming media session; and

a transmitting module configured to obtain streaming media data required by the client terminal, transmit the obtained streaming media data to the client terminal by carrying said data with RTP packets.

20. The system according to claim 18, wherein the streaming media server further comprises:

a second analyzing unit configured to analyze the RTSP play command carrying a stored timestamp to obtain the stored timestamp; and

analyze the RTSP play command carrying a starting time and an ending time of a selected portion for downloading in a streaming media source file to obtain the starting time and the ending time of a selected portion for downloading in the streaming media source file; and

a data identifying unit configured to determine streaming media data required by the client terminal to be transmitted according to the stored timestamp; and

determine streaming media data required by the client terminal to be transmitted according to the starting time and the ending time of a selected portion for downloading in the streaming media source file.