Patent ID: 8607282

Claim:
A video on demand (VOD) service method comprising: downloading a first content from a VOD server in a download-and-play mode; buffering the first content in order to reproduce the first content; receiving feedback information from a client terminal during the buffering of the first content and during the downloading of the first content; transmitting the feedback information to the VOD server during the buffering of the first content and during the downloading of the first content; downloading an initial part of a second content extracted from the VOD server based on the feedback information, in a push VOD mode, wherein the initial part of the second content is reproduced during a buffering of a remaining part of the second content in the download-and-play mode, wherein the initial part of the second content and the remaining part of the second content are parts of a same content; downloading the remaining part of the second content from the VOD server in the download-and-play mode if the second content is selected to be reproduced by the client terminal, wherein during the downloading of the remaining part of the second content only the remaining part of an entire part of the second content is downloaded; reproducing the initial part of the second content during a buffering of the remaining part of the second content in order to reproduce the remaining part of the second content; and reproducing the remaining part of the second content.