Patent ID: 9654837
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04H,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for providing a video of an Internet Protocol TV or Interactive Personal TV (IPTV) service, comprising: detecting whether an IPTV service system is accessible for a Set Top Box (STB); and providing a video for the STB through a Content Delivery Network (CDN) subsystem, when the IPTV system is detected to be inaccessible for the STB; wherein after providing the video for the STB through the CDN subsystem, the method further comprises: acquiring a total length of time for which the CDN subsystem has provided a video for the STB at present; and when the total length of time is longer than a specified length of time, notifying, through the STB, the user to log back into the IPTV service system.