METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE STREAMING

摘要

According to an adaptive streaming method of the present invention, the adaptive streaming method running in a terminal in which contents are streamed via a communication network comprises: checking a communication connection for contents streaming with index information which indexes N (N>1) pieces of data chunks divided from the content to be streamed and a server which manages a storage medium for storing the plurality of data chunks indexed; determining an index of a n (n>=1)^th data chuck to be streamed among the data chunks of the content to be streamed stored in the storage medium; and processing the n^th data chunk corresponding to the index to be streamed by requesting to the server. [Reference numerals] (200) Image output unit; (205) Sound processing unit; (210) Key input unit; (215) Memory unit; (220) Communication processing unit; (225) Program providing server; (230) Content providing server; (235) Messenger terminal; (240) Main frame unit; (245) Contents playing unit; (250) Information generating unit; (255) Information extracting unit; (260) Real-time playing determination unit; (265) Storage capacity check unit; (270) Information confirmation unit; (275) Contents reception unit; (280) Contents storage unit; (285) Header unit; (290) Image data unit; (295) Index unit; (AA) Multimedia contents; (BB) Index generation reference capacity information; (CC) Communication network