System And Method For Receiving Internet Protocol Television Service

摘要

A system and method for receiving an internet protocol television (IPTV) service. An IPTV service to digital media server (DMS) service conversion device (IPTV2DMS) requests to acquire IPTV media information for an IPTV subscriber to select and requests to acquire IPTV media flow selected by the subscriber according to the subscriber's selection. The IPTV2DMS converts the IPTV media flow to a format supported by DMP after receiving the converted IPTV media flow provided by the IPTV head-end. The DMP decodes and outputs the converted IPTV media flow to a displaying device to playing for the IPTV subscriber. To sum up, the present invention makes it convenient for a subscriber watching the IPTV on different TVs without an additional set-top box (STB), and reduces the cost of the subscriber and enhances the playing quality with the reduction of subscriber's repeat paying due to the adoption of storing-forwarding module.