SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE, STREAMING MEDIA REDIRECTING AND STREAMING MEDIA ON-DEMAND

摘要

A method of streaming media, includes: a digital terminal visits an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) server, the EPG server obtains the capability parameters of the digital terminal and a streaming media program list that matches the capability parameters of the digital terminal, and the EPG server sends the streaming media program list to the digital terminal so that a user may choose a program; after the program is chosen by the user, the digital terminal initiates a redirecting request to the request redirector; after receiving the redirecting request, the request redirector obtains the capability parameters of the digital terminal and selects a matching streaming media server to serve the digital terminal according to the capability parameters of the digital terminal and the program chosen by the user. The present invention also provides a streaming media on-demand system, including an EPG system, a redirector.