Patent ID: 8661152

Claim:
A method of providing a multimedia streaming service in a multimedia device, the method comprising: reproducing a first multimedia stream of a content by the multimedia device; receiving a command for reproducing a second multimedia stream of the content during the reproducing of the first multimedia stream; reproducing, in response to the command for reproducing the second multimedia stream, the second multimedia stream with reference to information regarding a unit image that is independently decoded from the second multimedia stream, the information regarding the unit image including information regarding a number of unit images per unit time included in the second multimedia stream; receiving, during the reproduction of the second multimedia stream, a command for resuming reproduction of the first multimedia stream; buffering, in response to the command for reproducing the first multimedia stream, the first multimedia stream while reproducing a multimedia stream of the same content other than the first multimedia stream; and resuming, upon completion of the buffering of the first multimedia stream, reproduction of the first multimedia stream.