US 11,689,757 B2
Method and apparatus for providing video streams
Jiangchun Luo, Beijing (CN); and Xiyan Chen, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to BEIJING ALLOOK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Appl. No. 16/963,497
Filed by BEIJING ALLOOK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
PCT Filed Jan. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/072389
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 20, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/144847, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201810078095.7 (CN), filed on Jan. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0051357 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/25891 (2013.01) [H04N 21/251 (2013.01); H04N 21/458 (2013.01); H04N 21/4668 (2013.01); H04N 21/4755 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing video streams in a video server, the method comprising:
providing a list of identity information of other users to a user equipment, wherein other users are users other than a user using the user equipment; and
providing video streams to the user equipment according to the identity information selected by the user equipment;
wherein providing the list of identity information of other users to the user equipment comprises:
determining the list of identity information of other users according to user-related information, scenario information of the user's video-watching, and feature attribute information of the user's video-watching, wherein employing a matching method, in order to match the user-related information, scenario information of the user's video-watching and feature attribute information of the user's video-watching on the user equipment with the user-related information of other users, scenario information of other users' video-watching and feature attribute information of other users' video-watching, the identifier information of other users with the highest matching scores and above a certain threshold is sent to the user equipment; and
sending the list of identity information of other users to the user equipment.