METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING MEDIA CONTENT IN A PRIVATE NETWORK

摘要

A method, system and apparatus for sharing media content securely and reliably among various computing devices in a private network through media streaming technology is provided. According to the invention, a media streaming apparatus is installed on each computing device, said media streaming apparatus comprises: a controller for controlling a media streaming proxy and a trusted media player to render the requested media stream according to a user's request or the request coming from other application component; the trusted media player for securely rendering the requested media stream for the user under the control of said controller; the media streaming proxy for communicating with the trusted media player and other remote media streaming proxies in said private network, forwarding encrypted media stream, controlling encryption/decryption module to encrypt/decrypt the media stream and providing the decrypted media stream to the trusted media player; and the encryption/decryption module for encrypting/decrypting the media stream under the control of the media streaming proxy.