Method and system for distributed streaming service of portable devices

摘要

A method and a system for a distributed streaming service of portable devices forming a short-distance communication network. A buffer size and a priority of each of the portable devices are determined according to their remaining memory capacity, respectively. Each portable device calculates a buffering time using the buffer size and the priority, and receives sub-contents, corresponding to the buffering time, of a streaming content from a streaming server. A master device of the portable devices plays the sub-contents by acquiring them from the other portable devices.

主权项

1. A method for a distributed streaming service of portable devices including a master device and a slave device, the method comprising:
determining, based on a remaining memory capacity of each of the portable devices, a buffer size and a priority of each of the portable devices; calculating, based on the buffer size and the priority of each of the portable devices, a buffering time of each portable device; receiving sub-contents of streaming content at the portable devices, each of the portable devices separately receiving different sub-contents simultaneously; buffering the received sub-contents for the buffering time calculated for each portable device; and playing the sub-contents at the master device.