KR20150045891A - Method and apparatus for providing streaming contents - Google Patents
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Abstract
Description
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing streaming contents transparently using a broadcasting network.
Hybrid delivery in a broadcasting and convergence environment is a technology for transmitting the same or related contents through a broadcasting network and a communication network. The content can be transmitted through one of the broadcasting network or the communication network according to the state of the network or the user's request, or transmitted through the broadcasting network and the communication network at the same time, thereby increasing the utilization efficiency of the network resources. Also, a content requiring a high bandwidth may be transmitted by combining a broadcasting network and a communication network.
One of the important technical challenges in such hybrid transmission is to provide a way for the user or application to access the content transmitted over the broadcast network and the network in a transparent manner in a consistent manner. That is, by processing contents provided through a broadcasting network and a communication network from a content receiving end such as a user or an application through the same technical method, the implementation complexity of the application can be lowered and the development of various applications for broadcasting and communication convergence can be activated .
Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) streaming is a media streaming method that is the mainstream of the web environment in recent years. Unlike the existing streaming method, in HTTP streaming, media is divided into physical or virtual segments or chunk-based files (i.e., media segment files), and servers and the like divide them into HTTP To the terminal. The advantage of HTTP streaming is that the existing web-based technology can be used as it is by using the HTTP protocol, which is the standard of web environment, and accessibility is low because it is blocked by the firewall. It is not necessary.
However, there is a problem to be solved in order to provide HTTP streaming through a broadcasting network. First of all, in the HTTP streaming, content is transmitted in the form of a file. Therefore, the receiving end of the broadcasting network must be able to perform a data processing method different from the existing method. It is also difficult to directly apply the HTTP protocol, which is assumed to be bidirectional communication, to a broadcasting network based on unidirectional communication.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing a streaming service transparently using a broadcasting network.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing streaming contents of a content providing apparatus is provided. The content providing method includes the steps of receiving a request for streaming content from a user, determining whether a streaming file corresponding to the streaming content is stored in the content providing device, and, if the streaming file is stored in the content providing device, And delivering a local internet protocol (IP) address of the content providing device to the browser.
In the content providing method, the request may be in the form of a uniform resource locator (URL).
The method includes: receiving a uniform resource locator (URL) of at least one streaming file and at least one streaming file through a broadcasting network; storing at least one streaming file based on the URL; As shown in FIG.
The step of storing in the content providing method may include storing at least one streaming file in the same structure as the hierarchical structure of the streaming server indicated in the URL.
The step of storing in the content providing method may include the step of creating the same directory as the directory of the streaming server in the local storage of the content providing apparatus and storing the streaming file in the directory created in the local storage .
The at least one streaming file in the content providing method may include a media segment of the at least one streaming file and a meta information file for playback of the at least one streaming file.
The content providing method may further include storing the domain name of at least one streaming server that has transmitted the at least one streaming file by analyzing the URL of the at least one streaming file.
The step of determining in the content providing method may include comparing a domain name of at least one streaming server with a domain name indicated in the request.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, a content providing apparatus for providing streaming content is provided. The content providing apparatus includes a web browser that receives a request for streaming content from a user and a streaming file corresponding to the streaming content is stored in the content providing apparatus. When the streaming file is stored in the content providing apparatus, And a domain name server (DNS) proxy that delivers a local internet protocol (IP) address of the content providing device to the browser.
The request in the content providing device may be in the form of a uniform resource locator (URL).
The content providing apparatus includes a broadcast receiver for receiving a uniform resource locator (URL) of at least one streaming file and at least one streaming file through a broadcasting network, and at least one streaming And a control unit for storing the file.
In the content providing apparatus, the control unit may store at least one streaming file in the local storage, in a structure identical to the hierarchical structure of the streaming server indicated by the URL.
In the content providing apparatus, the control unit may generate the same directory as the directory of the streaming server in the local storage, and store the streaming file in the directory created in the local storage.
The at least one streaming file in the content providing apparatus may include a media segment of the at least one streaming file and a meta information file for playback of the at least one streaming file.
In the content providing apparatus, the DNS proxy may store a domain name of at least one streaming server that has transmitted the at least one streaming file by analyzing the URL of the at least one streaming file.
In the content providing apparatus, the DNS proxy can compare the domain name of at least one streaming server with the domain name indicated in the request.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the content providing apparatus stores the media segment file received through the broadcasting network in the same structure as the layer of the
1 is a diagram illustrating a broadcasting communication convergence system for providing an HTTP streaming service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a content providing apparatus of a broadcasting and communication convergence system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a media segment file stored in a content providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a content providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.
1 is a diagram illustrating a broadcasting communication convergence system for providing an HTTP streaming service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, a broadcasting and communication convergence system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an
The HTTP
The
In addition, the
The
In the embodiment of the present invention, when a media segment file is transmitted through a broadcasting network, a file delivery over unidirectional transport (FLUTE) standard may be used. However, The transport protocol specification is not limited.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a content providing apparatus of a broadcasting and communication convergence system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2, a
The
The
The
In the
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3 is a diagram illustrating a media segment file stored in a content providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The
For example, if the domain name of the
That is, the
Then, when the
For example, when the
4 is a flowchart illustrating a content providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The method of providing the HTTP streaming service requested by the user is as follows.
The user requests HTTP streaming service by inputting a URL to the
Upon receiving the user's request, the
The
If the media segment file requested by the user is a file stored in the
However, if the media segment file requested by the user is a file stored in the
As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the content providing apparatus stores the media segment file received through the broadcasting network in the same structure as the layer of the
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, It belongs to the scope of right.
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Receiving a request for the streaming content from a user,
Determining whether a streaming file corresponding to the streaming content is stored in the content providing apparatus, and
When the streaming file is stored in the content providing apparatus, transmitting a local internet protocol (IP) address of the content providing apparatus to a web browser
The content providing method comprising the steps of:
Wherein the request is in the form of a uniform resource locator (URL).
Receiving at least one streaming file and a uniform resource locator (URL) of the at least one streaming file through a broadcasting network, and
Storing the at least one streaming file based on the URL
Further comprising the steps of:
Wherein the storing step comprises:
Storing the at least one streaming file in a structure identical to the hierarchical structure of the streaming server indicated in the URL
The content providing method comprising the steps of:
Wherein the storing step comprises:
Creating a directory in the local storage of the content providing apparatus that is the same as the directory of the streaming server, and
Storing the streaming file in a directory created in the local storage device
The content providing method comprising the steps of:
Wherein the at least one streaming file comprises a media segment of the at least one streaming file and a meta information file for playing back the at least one streaming file
The content providing method comprising the steps of:
Analyzing the URL of the at least one streaming file and storing the domain name of at least one streaming server that has respectively transmitted the at least one streaming file
Further comprising the steps of:
Wherein the determining step comprises:
Comparing the domain name of the at least one streaming server with the domain name indicated in the request
The content providing method comprising the steps of:
A web browser receiving a request for the streaming content from a user, and
Wherein the content providing apparatus determines whether a streaming file corresponding to the streaming content is stored in the content providing apparatus, and when the streaming file is stored in the content providing apparatus, IP) domain name server (DNS)
To the content providing apparatus.
Wherein the request is in the form of a uniform resource locator (URL).
A broadcast receiver for receiving at least one streaming file and a uniform resource locator (URL) of the at least one streaming file through a broadcasting network, and
Storing the at least one streaming file in a local storage device based on the URL,
Further comprising:
Wherein,
And stores the at least one streaming file in the local storage device in the same structure as the hierarchical structure of the streaming server indicated in the URL.
Wherein,
And creates the same directory as the directory of the streaming server in the local storage, and stores the streaming file in a directory created in the local storage.
Wherein the at least one streaming file comprises a media segment of the at least one streaming file and a meta information file for playing back the at least one streaming file.
The DNS proxy,
And analyzes the URL of the at least one streaming file to store the domain name of at least one streaming server that has respectively transmitted the at least one streaming file.
The DNS proxy,
And compares the domain name of the at least one streaming server with the domain name indicated in the request.
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