US 12,348,791 B2
Method and apparatus for playing livestreaming video, electronic device, storage medium, and program product
Fangguo Zeng, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/299,047.
Application 18/299,047 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2022/095455, filed on May 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202110797382.5 (CN), filed on Jul. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0247234 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/2183 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/2187 (2013.01) [H04N 21/2183 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A livestreaming video playing method executed by a computer device comprising:
displaying an information flow page including at least one livestreaming video, wherein a video data block of each of the at least one livestreaming video in the information flow page is stored on the computer device and updated periodically at an update period;
playing a target video data block of a first livestreaming video of the at least one livestreaming video in response to a playing instruction for the first livestreaming video;
obtaining, from a service management node, target cache data of the first livestreaming video cached on the service management node, the target cache data belonging to historical livestreaming data of the first livestreaming video at a target duration before a current livestreaming time point, and the target duration of the historical livestreaming data cached on the service management node being greater than or equal to the update period at the computer device, wherein a duration of the video data block stored on the computer device is less than the target duration, a playing end time point of the target video data block belongs to a timespan of the historical livestreaming data cached on the service management node, and a playing start time point of the target cache data is after and adjacent to the playing end time point of the target video data block; and
playing the target cache data after the target video data block ends playing.