Method, server, and user terminal for providing and acquiring media content

摘要

A method, a server, and a user terminal for providing and acquiring media content are provided. The providing method includes: receiving a file segment acquiring request sent by a user terminal, where the file segment acquiring request is generated and sent by the user terminal according to an identifier of the user terminal, and the media segment description file includes a storage address and an embedded identifier of each media file segment that is divided from media content; and providing the user terminal with a media file segment that is embedded with the identifier of the user terminal. In the technical solution of the present invention, a server no longer processes media content in real time and responds to an acquiring request of a user terminal, thereby reducing concurrent load of the server and reducing concurrent bandwidth occupied by media content distribution.

主权项

1. A method for acquiring media content, comprising:
generating, by a user terminal, a file segment acquiring request according to a media segment description file acquired in advance and an identifier of the user terminal, wherein the media segment description file comprises a storage address and an embedded identifier of each media file segment that is divided from media content; sending, by the user terminal, the file segment acquiring request to a server to request acquiring of the media file segment corresponding to the file segment acquiring request; and acquiring, by the user terminal from the server, the media file segment that corresponds to the file segment acquiring request and is embedded with the identifier of the user terminal; and wherein generating, by the user terminal, the file segment acquiring request according to the media segment description file acquired in advance and the identifier of the user terminal comprises:
splitting, by the user terminal, the identifier of the user terminal into multiple identifier segments, matching the identifier segments with the identifier embedded into each of the media file segments in the media segment description file, and acquiring storage addresses of media file segments, which correspond to identifiers identical with the identifier segments, in the media segment description file; andgenerating the file segment acquiring request according to the acquired storage addresses of the media file segments, which correspond to the identifiers identical with the identifier segments, in the media segment description file.