Patent ID: 8595330
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for uploading a caption file, comprising: transmitting, by a client end player, file information of a multimedia file and file information of a caption file corresponding to the multimedia file to a caption server; determining, by the caption server, an association relationship and an association degree between the file information of the multimedia file and the file information of the caption file according to the file information of the multimedia file and the file information of the caption file, and determining whether the caption server has the caption file and transmitting a status message indicating whether the caption server has the caption file to the client end player; and uploading, by the client end player, the caption file when determining according to the status message that the caption server does not have the caption file, wherein determining, by the caption server, whether the caption server has contents of the caption file and the file information of the multimedia file according to the file information of the multimedia file and the file information of the caption file; if the caption server does not have the contents of the caption file but has the file information of the multimedia file, adding, by the caption server, the file information of the caption file, establishing an association relationship between the file information of the multimedia file and the file information of the caption file, and transmitting a status message indicating that the caption server does not have the caption file to the client end player; if the caption server does not have the contents of the caption file and the file information of the multimedia file, adding, by the caption server, the file information of the caption file and the file information of the multimedia file, establishing an association relationship between the file information of the caption file and the file information of the multimedia file, and transmitting a status message indicating that the caption server does not have the caption file to the client end player; if the caption server has the contents of the caption file and the file information of the multimedia file, increasing, by the caption server, the association degree between the file information of the multimedia file and the file information of the caption file, and transmitting a status message indicating that the caption server has the caption file to the client end player; if the caption sever has the contents of the caption file but does not have the file information of the multimedia file, adding, by the caption server, the file information of the multimedia file, establishing an association relationship between the file information of the multimedia file and the file information of the caption file, and transmitting a status message indicating that the caption server has the caption file to the client end player; and uploading, by the client end player, the caption file after receiving the status message indicating that the caption server does not have the caption file, and not uploading the caption file after receiving the status message indicating that the caption server has the caption file.