Method for co-hosting, and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11665386-B2
Application number	US-202117396965-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2021
Priority date	Oct 28, 2020
Publication date	May 30, 2023
Grant date	May 30, 2023

Abstract

A method for co-hosting and an electronic device are disclosed. In the method, a co-hosting establishment instruction is acquired; configuration information of the first live streaming client is acquired in response to the co-hosting establishment instruction; first communication protocol information corresponding to a co-hosting process is acquired from the configuration information; and co-hosting with a second live streaming client is established based on the first communication protocol information. The co-hosting process is a general process in different types of co-hosting services, and includes a co-hosting establishment process.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for co-hosting, applicable to a terminal, the method comprising:
acquiring a co-hosting establishment instruction, wherein the co-hosting establishment instruction is configured to instruct a first live streaming client to establish co-hosting with a second live streaming client;
acquiring configuration information of the first live streaming client in response to the co-hosting establishment instruction, wherein the configuration information comprises first communication protocol information corresponding to a co-hosting establishment process and second communication protocol information corresponding to a co-hosting termination process, the first communication protocol information corresponding to the co-hosting establishment process is shared between different types of co-hosting services, the second communication protocol information corresponding to the co-hosting termination process is shared between different types of co-hosting services and wherein the different types of co-hosting services comprises services for co-hosting between anchors, and cohosting between an anchor and a viewer;
acquiring, in response to the co-hosting establishment instruction, the first communication protocol information corresponding to the co-hosting establishment process from the configuration information;
establishing the co-hosting with the second live streaming client based on the first communication protocol information;
acquiring a co-hosting termination instruction, wherein the co-hosting termination instruction is configured to instruct the first live streaming client to terminate the co-hosting with the second live streaming client;
acquiring, in response to the co-hosting termination instruction, the second communication protocol information corresponding to the co-hosting termination process from the configuration information; and
terminating the co-hosting with the second live streaming client based on the second communication protocol information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the co-hosting establishment instruction is configured to instruct the first live streaming client to establish co-hosting of a target type with the second live streaming client, and the configuration information further comprises address information corresponding to a co-hosting service of the target type; and
wherein said establishing the co-hosting with the second live streaming client based on the first communication protocol information comprises:
establishing the co-hosting of the target type with the second live streaming client by calling, based on the first communication protocol information and the address information, a co-hosting service corresponding to the address information.

3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:
acquiring original configuration information, wherein the original configuration information comprises the communication protocol information corresponding the co-hosting process; and
acquiring the configuration information by adding the address information to the original configuration information, wherein the address information indicates storage addresses corresponding to the different types of co-hosting services.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein said establishing the co-hosting with the second live streaming client based on the first communication protocol information comprises:
creating, based on the first communication protocol information, a second co-hosting request satisfying the first communication protocol information, the second co-hosting request is configured to request a server to establish the co-hosting between the first live streaming client and the second live streaming client;
sending the second co-hosting request to the server, wherein the server is configured to send the second co-hosting request to the second live streaming client and receive a co-hosting acceptance response from the second live streaming client; and
establishing the co-hosting of the target type with the second live streaming client by calling, in response to the co-hosting acceptance response from the server, the co-hosting service corresponding to the address information.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein said sending the second co-hosting request to the server comprises:
determining, based on the first communication protocol information, a first interface for sending the second co-hosting request; and
sending the second co-hosting request to the server by calling the first interface.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein said creating, based on the first communication protocol information, the second co-hosting request satisfying the first communication protocol information comprises:
determining, based on the first communication protocol information, a format of the second co-hosting request; and
creating, based on the format, the second co-hosting request matching the format.

7. The method according to claim 4 , wherein said calling, in response to the co-hosting acceptance response from the server, the co-hosting service corresponding to the address information comprises:
receiving co-hosting information from the server, wherein the co-hosting information is delivered by the server in response to receiving the co-hosting acceptance response from the second live streaming client; and
calling, based on the co-hosting information, the co-hosting service corresponding to the address information in response to the co-hosting acceptance response.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein
the co-hosting service comprises sending live streaming data to the server, and the co-hosting information comprises a second interface for establishing a communication connection; and
wherein said calling, based on the co-hosting information, the co-hosting service corresponding to the address information in response to the co-hosting acceptance response comprises:
establishing the communication connection with the server by calling, based on the first communication protocol information, the second interface in response to the co-hosting acceptance response, wherein the communication connection indicates that the co-hosting with the second live streaming client has been established; and
sending the live streaming data to the server over the communication connection.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein
the co-hosting information comprises co-hosting position identifiers, wherein the co-hosting position identifiers indicate co-hosting positions assigned to the first live streaming client and the second live streaming client for co-hosting; and
wherein said calling, based on the co-hosting information, the co-hosting service corresponding to the address information comprises:
determining, based on the first communication protocol information, a co-hosting position identifier corresponding to the first live streaming client; and
releasing the live streaming data in a co-hosting room based on a co-hosting position corresponding to the co-hosting position identifier.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said terminating the co-hosting with the second live streaming client based on the second communication protocol information comprises:
creating, based on the second communication protocol information, a second co-hosting termination request satisfying the second communication protocol information, wherein the second co-hosting termination request is configured to request a server to terminate the co-hosting between the first live streaming client and the second live streaming client; and
sending the second co-hosting termination request to the server, wherein the server is configured to terminate th

Assignees

• Beijing Dajia Internet Information Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Jinxiong
• Lei Yu
• Tan Peiqiang

Classifications

• H04N21/25808

  Management of client data (terminal profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/303) · CPC title

• H04N21/2187

  Live feed · CPC title

• H04N21/654

  Transmission by server directed to the client · CPC title

• H04N21/42203

  sound input device, e.g. microphone · CPC title

• H04N21/239 Primary

  Interfacing the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. prioritizing client {content} requests (hybrid fiber coaxial [HFC] networks for upstream channel allocation for video distribution H04L12/2801; flow control in data networks H04L47/10; real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00; scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60) · CPC title