Patent ID: 8914533

Claim:
A method for receiving digital media data in a client device, the method comprising: receiving, from a server, service description information required for a streaming service of a particular content; detecting an initial client device of neighboring client devices based on the service description information; transmitting, to the initial client device, a join request message to be forwarded from the initial client device to the neighboring client devices; receiving, from one of the neighboring client devices, a partnership request message including information on client devices capable of providing digital media data for the particular content; requesting, to at least one target client device detected based on the information on client devices, the digital media data; and receiving, from the at least one target client device, the digital media data, wherein the digital media data is included in a packetized elementary stream (PES) according to a moving picture experts group (MPEG)-2 transport format, or a movie fragment according to an MPEG-4 transport format.