Patent ID: 9729595
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for transmitting media data based on over the top (OTT), comprising: receiving, by an OTT server, a media data request initiated by a user terminal, wherein the OTT server is connected to at least one cache server; determining, by the OTT server, a cache server from the at least one cache server according to a location and/or a capability of the at least one cache server; sending, by the OTT server, a notification message, which carries a first session information, to the user terminal and the determined cache server; receiving, by the determined cache server and from the user terminal, a media data request which carries a second session information; determining, by the determined cache server, whether to send media data corresponding to the received media data request by comparing the second session information carried in the media data request with the first session information received by the determined cache server from the OTT, and upon determining the compared second session information carried in the media data request matches the compared first session information received by the determined cache server from the OTT, sending, from the determined cache server to the user terminal, the media data corresponding to the received media data request.