Patent ID: 8380867

Claim:
A method of receiving streaming data by a mobile communication terminal in a communication system including a server and the mobile communication terminal connected to the server, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, from the server, a first streaming data into which a first multimedia data is converted using a first bit rate pre-stored in the server; collecting streaming parameters to determine a second bit rate that is a data conversion rate for use to convert a second multimedia data into a second streaming data; determining the second bit rate using the collected streaming parameters; reporting the second bit rate to the server; and receiving the second streaming data, into which the second multimedia is converted using the second bit rate, from the server, wherein the streaming parameters include the first bit rate and reproduction quality estimation information, wherein determining the second bit rate comprises determining if the reproduction quality estimation information has a value greater than or equal to a pre-stored maximum value, and maintaining the first bit rate as a current bit rate, when the reproduction quality estimation information has a value greater than or equal to the pre-stored maximum value, and determining if the reproduction quality estimation information has a value less than or equal to a pre-stored minimum value, and maintaining the first bit rate as a current bit rate, when the reproduction quality estimation information has a value less than or equal to the pre-stored minimum value.