Patent ID: 8875201

Claim:
A method for seeking play of stream media, comprising: sending a seeking play request to a stream media server by a stream media terminal; receiving preview key frames for seeking play sent from the stream media server by the stream media terminal according to a predefined buffer capacity range and storing the preview key frames for seeking play; sending a response message to the stream media server to inform the stream media server that the stream media terminal is unable to receive data at a time point when the predefined buffer capacity range is not available, such that the predefined buffer capacity range can no longer store another incoming preview key frame; displaying the preview key frames for seeking play according to the seeking play request of a user when the user seeks the stream media hop by hop through clicking; and initiating a stream media play according to preview key frames selected by a seeking of a user, wherein the stream media server continues sending the preview key frame corresponding to a time point following the time point when the predefined buffer capacity range is not available.