DATA-SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20170041376A1
• Filed: 11/17/2015
• Published: 02/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Original Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Inventors: LIN, Meng-Jou, LEE, Jung-Shen
• Granted Patent: US 9,871,847 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1083 In-session procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/61 for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

The present invention provides a data-sharing system, including a media server, a first device and a second device. The media server has a media server address and is configured to store at least one media file. The first device is configured to download the media file from the media server according to the media server address, and play the media file on a media player program. The first device further outputs file information corresponding to the media file according to a switching signal. The second device is configured to receive the file information from the first device, stream the media file from the media server according to the file information, and play the media file on the media player program.

Claims

1. A data-sharing system, comprising:

a media server, which has a media server address, configured to store at least one media file;

a first device, configured to download the media file from the media server according to the media server address, play the media file using a media player program, and output file information corresponding to the media file according to a switching signal; and

a second device, configured to receive the file information from the first device, stream the media file from the media server according to the file information, and play the media file on the media player program.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the file information comprises a file name, a file path, a playback position, and the media server address.

3. The system as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

a cloud server, which comprises the media server, configured to connect to the second device according to a second address corresponding to the second device;

wherein the first device outputs the file information to the second device according to the switching signal and the media server address, and the second device streams the media file from the media server according to the file information and plays the media file with the media player program.

4. The system as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

a cloud server, which has a cloud server address, configured to connect to the second device according to a second address corresponding to the second device, and output login information to the second device according to the switching signal;

wherein the first device outputs the file information to the second device according to the switching signal and the cloud server address, and outputs the login information to the media server according to the media server address, and the second device connects to the media server according to the file information and the login information, streams the media file from the media server, and plays the media file according to the file information using the media player program.

5. The system as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

a cloud server, which comprises a cloud server address, configured to connect to the second device according to a second address corresponding to the second device; and

a relay server, configured to receive the second address from the cloud server, and connect to the second device according to the second address;

wherein the first device outputs the file information to the second device according to the switching signal and the cloud server address, and outputs a transmission signal to the media server, the media server breaks through a firewall according to the transmission signal via the relay server for streaming the media file to the second device, and the second device plays the media file on the media player program.

6. A data-sharing method, comprising:

downloading a media file from a media server according to a media server address corresponding to the media server using a first device;

playing the media file through a media player program using the first device;

receiving a switching signal on the first device;

outputting file information corresponding to the media file to a second device according to the switching signal;

streaming the media file from the media server according to the file information using the second device; and

playing the media file according to the file information through the media player program using the second device.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the file information comprises a file name, a file path, a playback position, and the media server address.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step for outputting the file information corresponding to the media file to the second device according to the switching signal further comprises:

outputting the file information to the second device according to the switching signal and the media server address using a cloud server, wherein the cloud server comprises the media server, and connects to the second device according to a second address corresponding to the second device.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step for outputting the file information corresponding to the media file to the second device according to the switching signal further comprises:

outputting the file information to the second device according to the switching signal and a cloud server address corresponding to a cloud server, wherein the cloud server connects to the second device according to a second address corresponding to the second device, and outputs login information to the second device according to the switching signal; and

connecting the second device and the media server according to the file information and the login information via the second device.

10. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein:

the step for outputting the file information corresponding to the media file to the second device according to the switching signal further comprises;

outputting the file information to the second device according to the switching signal and a cloud server address corresponding to a cloud server, wherein the cloud server connects to the second device according to a second address corresponding to the second device; and

the step for streaming the media file from the media server according to the file information using the second device further comprises;

receiving the second address from the cloud server through a relay server;

connecting to the second device according to the second address through the relay server;

outputting a transmission signal to the media server according to the switching signal using the first device; and

breaking through a firewall according to the transmission signal using the relay server for streaming the media file to the second device.