Patent ID: 9173006
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A live broadcasting method used in a tracker server based on a distributed network, comprising the steps of: a. receiving status report information from a program source being connected to the tracker server; b. generating status information of the program source based on the status report information, sending said status information of the program source to an information synchronization server; and c. receiving status response information of said program source from said information synchronization server, updating a program list based on said status response information; wherein said status report information comprises serial flag information of a current broadcasting data piece in said program source, the data piece comprising a plurality of data pieces representing sliced pieces or segments of a whole program, and wherein said serial flag information comprises serial numbers identifying a range of the plurality of data pieces in a broadcasting cache of said program source by use of a minimum serial number and a maximum serial number, wherein said step b further comprises: b1. judging if said serial flag information lags behind a serial flag backup information; and b2. if said serial flag information lags behind the serial flag backup information, taking said status information of the program source as normal broadcasting, setting said serial flag backup information as an updated copy of said serial flag backup information; if said serial flag information doesn't lag behind the serial flag backup information, taking said status information of the program source as broadcasting stop.