METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLAYING MEDIA RESOURCES

• Main Authors: ZHU, YU, SHAN, ZHENWEI
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English; French
• Published: 27.03.2014
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for playing media resources, comprising: an aggregate server aggregating media resource information of media servers in LAN and sleep state information of media servers in sleep, and creating a media resource directory according to the media resource information or according to the media resource information and the sleep state information; receiving a browse or search request sent by a control point and returning contents of the media resource directory to the control point; the aggregate server determining the media server storing the media resources to be played in a sleep state according to the sleep state information; awakening the media server to make a media renderer obtain and play the media resources to be played from the media server. Embodiments of the present invention also provide a system for playing media resources. With the embodiments of the present invention, the media server that need to be awakened can be determined by the media resourc