CN104917620A - Peer-to-peer network conference access method and system, and peer-to-peer network client - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the present invention discloses a peer-to-peer network conference access method, client and system, wherein the peer-to-peer network conference access method includes: establishing a media channel between the proxy peer-to-peer network client and the first client, Wherein the first client does not support peer-to-peer network conference; the proxy peer-to-peer network client receives the media stream sent by the first client through the media channel; the proxy peer-to-peer network client sends the The received media streams are respectively sent to other corresponding peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through the peer-to-peer network conference channel. By adopting the present invention, the client that does not support the peer-to-peer network can access the peer-to-peer network meeting without relying on the intermediate node, and the cost is low and the process is simple.

Description

A peer-to-peer network conference access method, client and system

technical field

The invention relates to the field of communication technology, in particular to a peer-to-peer network conference access method, client and system.

Background technique

P2P (Peer to Peer, peer-to-peer network) conference is a concept proposed corresponding to the server-mode conference. In the server-mode conference, conference control and media stream processing are all in the MCU (MediaControl Unit, media control unit) If it is completed on the intermediate node, otherwise the conference will not be possible, and the P2P conference refers to the coordination and control between the various clients when the conference is held between multiple clients, so that the media channels between the clients are established in pairs, so that Each client can receive media streams sent by other clients to realize multi-person conference function. The core of the P2P conference is to establish media channels between each client and other clients at the same time to achieve the purpose of communicating with multiple clients at the same time. Currently, most clients do not support the simultaneous establishment of media with other clients. Channels, such as SIP (Session Initiation Protocol, Session Initiation Protocol) phones, in the prior art, the P2P conference can be switched to a server-mode conference, or the media stream can be mixed and forwarded through the mixing server and super nodes, so that it does not support The client of the P2P conference accesses the peer-to-peer network conference.

In the prior art of switching the P2P conference to a server-mode conference, clients that do not support P2P conferences can access the P2P conference. If there is a client that does not support P2P conferences and requests to access the P2P conference, the The P2P conference is switched to the server mode conference, and the client that does not support the P2P conference accesses the switched server mode conference through the MCU. This prior art requires the support of the MCU and the switching of the conference mode, and the system is complicated.

Mix and forward the media stream through the mixing server and the super node, so that the client that does not support the P2P conference can access the P2P conference. Multiple media streams are sent to the mixing server, and the mixing server mixes multiple media streams into one media stream, and sends the one media stream to clients that do not support P2P conferences. In addition, clients that do not support P2P conferences can Send its own media stream to the super node through the mixing server, and the super node sends the media stream of the client that does not support the P2P conference to other clients respectively, so that the client that does not support the P2P conference can access the P2P conference. This prior art It requires the support of mixing servers and super nodes, which is costly and complicated.

Contents of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a peer-to-peer network conference access method, client and system, which can realize the access of a client that does not support a peer-to-peer network to a peer-to-peer network conference, with low cost and simple process.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the first aspect of the present invention provides a peer-to-peer network conference access method, the method comprising:

Establishing a media channel between the agent peer-to-peer network client and the first client, wherein the first client does not support peer-to-peer network meetings;

The proxy peer-to-peer network client receives the media stream sent by the first client through the media channel;

The proxy peer-to-peer network client sends the received media streams to corresponding other peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through the peer-to-peer network conference channel.

In a first possible implementation manner, after the proxy P2P network client receives the media stream sent by the first client through the media channel, the proxy P2P network client sends the received Perform audio mixing processing on the media stream and the media stream collected at the local end to obtain a mixed media stream;

The proxy P2P network client sending the received media streams to corresponding other P2P network clients participating in the P2P network conference through the P2P network conference channel includes;

The proxy peer-to-peer network client sends the acquired media stream to other corresponding peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through a peer-to-peer network conference channel.

With reference to the possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, establishing a media channel between the proxy P2P network client and the first client includes;

The proxy P2P network client receives the call request information sent by the conference control server for the first client;

The proxy P2P network client sends the media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client to the conference control server according to the received call request information, so that the conference control server transfers the proxy P2P network client to the conference control server. sending the media attribute information of the client to the first client, and receiving the media attribute information of the first client sent by the first client;

The proxy P2P network client receives the media attribute information of the first client sent by the conference control server;

A media channel is established between the proxy P2P network client and the first client.

The second aspect of the present invention provides a proxy peer-to-peer network client, including:

a media channel establishment unit, configured to establish a media channel with the first client, wherein the first client does not support peer-to-peer network meetings;

a media stream receiving unit, configured to receive the media stream sent by the first client through the media channel established by the media channel establishing unit and the first client;

The media stream sending unit is configured to send the media streams received by the media stream receiving unit to corresponding other peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through the peer-to-peer network conference channel.

In a first possible implementation manner, the proxy peer-to-peer network client further includes;

A sound mixing processing unit, configured to perform sound mixing processing on the media stream received by the media stream receiving unit and the media stream collected at the local end, so as to obtain a mixed media stream;

The media stream sending unit is further configured to send one media stream acquired by the audio mixing processing unit to corresponding other peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through the peer-to-peer network conference channel.

With reference to the possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the media channel establishment unit includes;

A call request receiving module, configured to receive call request information sent by the conference control server for the first client;

A media attribute sending module, configured to send the media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client to the conference control server according to the call request information received by the call request receiving module, so that the conference control server sends the proxy sending the media attribute information of the peer-to-peer network client to the first client, and receiving the media attribute information of the first client sent by the first client;

a media attribute receiving module, configured to receive the media attribute information of the first client sent by the conference control server;

A media channel establishing module, configured to establish a media channel with the first client.

The third aspect of the present invention provides a peer-to-peer network conference access system, the system includes a first client, a second client and a proxy peer-to-peer network client, the first client does not support peer-to-peer network conferences ,in:

The proxy peer-to-peer network client is used to establish a media channel with the first client;

The first client is configured to send a media stream to the proxy peer-to-peer network client through the media channel;

The proxy peer-to-peer network client is further configured to send the received media stream to the second client participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through a peer-to-peer network conference channel;

The second client is configured to receive the media stream sent by the proxy P2P network client.

In a first possible implementation manner, the proxy peer-to-peer network client is further configured to perform audio mixing processing on the received media stream and the media stream collected at the local end, so as to obtain the audio-mixed a media stream, and send the acquired media stream to the second client through the peer-to-peer network conference channel.

With reference to the possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the peer-to-peer network conference access system further includes a conference control server;

The conference control server is configured to send call request information for the first client to the proxy P2P network client;

The proxy P2P network client is further configured to send the media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client to the conference control server according to the received call request information;

The conference control server is further configured to send the received media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client to the first client;

The first client is further configured to send the media attribute information of the first client to the conference control server according to the received media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client;

The conference control server is further configured to send the received media attribute information of the first client to the proxy P2P network client;

The proxy P2P network client is further configured to receive the media attribute information of the first client sent by the conference control server, and establish a media channel with the first client.

Implementing the embodiment of the present invention has the following beneficial effects: a media channel is established between the proxy peer-to-peer network client and the first client, wherein the first client does not support peer-to-peer network conferences, and receives the first client through The media stream sent by the media channel sends the received media stream to the corresponding peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through the peer-to-peer network conference channel. In the case of a peer-to-peer node, the client that does not support the peer-to-peer network can access the peer-to-peer network conference, with low cost and simple process.

Description of drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only These are some embodiments of the present invention. Those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative work.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a peer-to-peer network conference access method provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a peer-to-peer network conference access method provided in another embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a proxy peer-to-peer network client provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the media channel establishment unit in FIG. 3 in an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a proxy peer-to-peer network client provided in another embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a peer-to-peer network conference access system provided in an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of them. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The method for accessing a peer-to-peer network conference in the embodiment of the present invention can realize establishing a media channel with the first client in the proxy peer-to-peer network client, receive the media stream sent by the first client through the media channel, and receive The received media streams are sent to the corresponding peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through the peer-to-peer network conference channel, and the client that does not support the peer-to-peer network can access the peer-to-peer network without relying on the intermediate node. And other online meetings, the cost is low, and the process is simple. The proxy peer-to-peer network client mentioned in the embodiment of the present invention is selected from all peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference according to a preset proxy selection algorithm, wherein the first client does not support peer-to-peer online meeting.

Please refer to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a peer-to-peer network conference access method provided in an embodiment of the present invention. The peer-to-peer network conference access method is described from the perspective of a proxy peer-to-peer network client, as shown in As shown in the figure, the peer-to-peer network conference access method may include the following steps:

Step S101, establishing a media channel with a first client.

A media channel is established between the proxy peer-to-peer network client and the first client, where the first client does not support peer-to-peer network conferences.

In a specific implementation, the proxy peer-to-peer network client may receive call request information for the first client sent by the conference control server. The call request information may be request information with an empty message body. Optionally, the call request information may also be It is the conference control server that forwards the received access request information sent by the client as the conference initiator to the proxy peer-to-peer network client, and the proxy peer-to-peer network client sends the proxy pair to the conference control server according to the received call request information. Waiting for the media attribute information of the network client, so that the conference control server sends the media attribute information of the proxy peer-to-peer network client to the first client, and the first client sends the media attribute information of the first client to the conference control server, and the proxy pairs The peer-to-peer network client receives the media attribute information of the first client sent by the conference control server, and further establishes a media channel between the proxy peer-to-peer network client and the first client, wherein the media attribute information may include the encoding technology supported by the client and decoding technology, as well as the port number of the client, etc.

As an optional implementation manner, before the media channel is established between the proxy P2P client and the first client, the proxy P2P client may also receive notification information sent by the conference control server, the notification information is used to indicate The first client will access the peer-to-peer network conference and instruct the proxy peer-to-peer network client to be determined as the proxy client of the first client.

Exemplary notification information may be as shown above, and the proxy P2P network client may know that the proxy P2P network client is determined to be the first client D according to "<cmd>5005</cmd>" in the notification information. The proxy client, the proxy peer-to-peer network client can also know that the type of the first client D is based on the SIP (Session Initiation Protocol, session initialization protocol), wherein the first client D will access the peer-to-peer network conference.

Step S102, receiving a media stream sent by the first client through the media channel.

After the media channel is established between the proxy peer-to-peer network client and the first client, the proxy peer-to-peer network client can receive the media stream sent by the first client through the media channel, wherein the media stream can include the media stream sent by the first client audio and/or video.

As an optional implementation manner, the proxy P2P network client may also receive media streams sent by other P2P network clients participating in the P2P network conference.

Step S103, sending the received media streams to corresponding other P2P network clients participating in the P2P network conference through the P2P network conference channel.

The proxy P2P network client can respectively send the received media streams to corresponding other P2P network clients participating in the P2P network conference through the P2P network conference channel.

In a specific implementation, after the proxy peer-to-peer network client receives the media stream sent by the first client, it can perform mixing processing on the received media stream and the media stream collected by the local end, so as to obtain a mixed For media streams, further, the proxy P2P network client can send the acquired media stream to other P2P network clients participating in the P2P network conference through the P2P network conference channel.

As an optional implementation manner, the proxy P2P network client may also receive a media stream sent by one of the other P2P network clients participating in the P2P network conference through the P2P network conference channel, And send the received media stream to the first client through the media channel. Optionally, the proxy peer-to-peer network client may perform audio mixing processing on the received media streams sent by at least two of the other peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference, so as to obtain one media stream , and send the acquired media stream to the first client through the media channel. Further optionally, the proxy peer-to-peer network client may mix the received media stream sent by at least one of the other peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference with the media stream collected by the local end. audio processing to obtain one media stream, and send the obtained one media stream to the first client through the media channel.

In the peer-to-peer network conference access method shown in Figure 1, a media channel is established between the proxy peer-to-peer network client and the first client, receives the media stream sent by the first client through the media channel, and sends the received The media streams are sent to the corresponding peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through the peer-to-peer network conference channel, so that clients that do not support the peer-to-peer network can access the peer-to-peer network without relying on intermediate nodes Conference, low cost, simple process.

Please refer to FIG. 2. FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a peer-to-peer network conference access method provided in another embodiment of the present invention, wherein the proxy peer-to-peer network client and the second client support peer-to-peer network conferences, and the first The client does not support peer-to-peer network conferences. As shown in the figure, the method for accessing peer-to-peer network conferences may include the following steps:

In step S201, the conference control server sends notification information to the proxy P2P network client.

In a specific implementation, the conference control server receives the access request information sent by the client as the conference initiator, where the client as the conference initiator may be a proxy peer-to-peer network client or a second client, and the conference control server receives the access request information. After entering the request information, you can judge whether the conference is a peer-to-peer network conference according to the conference attributes corresponding to the conference that the client as the initiator of the conference participates in and the number of clients participating in the conference. If the conference control server judges that the conference is a peer-to-peer network Conference, then further judge whether the first client supports peer-to-peer network conference according to the received access request information; if the conference control server judges that the conference is not a peer-to-peer network conference, then refuse to judge whether the first client supports peer-to-peer network conference ; If the conference control server judges that the first client does not support the peer-to-peer network conference according to the received access request information, then determine the proxy peer-to-peer network client among all the clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference; if the conference control The server judges that the first client supports the peer-to-peer network conference according to the received access request information, and then refuses to determine the proxy peer-to-peer network client among all the clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference.

Exemplary access request information may be as shown above, and the conference control server may determine that the type of the first client D is based on "<attendee type='sip'>D</attendee>" in the access request information. A SIP terminal, the first client D does not support peer-to-peer network conferences.

If the conference control server judges that the first client does not support the peer-to-peer network conference, it compares the processor capability, memory capacity and bandwidth of each client participating in the peer-to-peer network conference according to the preset agent selection algorithm, and participates in the peer-to-peer network conference. Determining the proxy peer-to-peer network client among all the clients of the network conference, further sending notification information to the proxy peer-to-peer network client, the notification information is used to indicate that the first client will access the peer-to-peer network conference, and indicate the The proxy peer-to-peer network client is determined to be the proxy client of the first client. After receiving the notification information, the proxy peer-to-peer network client can display on the screen of the proxy peer-to-peer network client that the first client will access the peer-to-peer network client. online meeting.

Exemplary notification information may be as shown above, and the proxy P2P network client may know that the proxy P2P network client is determined to be the first client D according to "<cmd>5005</cmd>" in the notification information. The proxy client, the proxy peer-to-peer network client can also know that the type of the first client D is based on the SIP (Session Initiation Protocol, session initialization protocol), wherein the first client D will access the peer-to-peer network conference.

In step S202, the conference control server sends description information to the second client.

After the conference control server judges that the first client does not support the peer-to-peer network conference, it may send description information to the second client, the description information is used to indicate that the first client will access the peer-to-peer network conference, and the second client receives After obtaining the description information, it may be displayed on the screen of the second client that the first client will access the peer-to-peer network conference.

Exemplary description information may be as shown above, and the second client may know that the type of the first client D is a SIP-based terminal according to "<attendee type='sip'>D</attendee>" in the description information , wherein the first client D will access the peer-to-peer network conference.

Step S203, the conference control server sends call request information to the proxy P2P network client.

After the conference control server sends notification information to the proxy peer-to-peer network client, it can send call request information to the proxy peer-to-peer network client. The access request information is forwarded to the proxy peer-to-peer network client. Optionally, the call request information may also be request information whose information body is empty.

Step S204, the proxy P2P network client sends call response information to the conference control server, and the call response information carries media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client.

After receiving the call request information sent by the conference control server, the proxy P2P network client may send call response information to the conference control server. The call response information carries media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client, wherein the media attribute information may include The encoding technology and decoding technology supported by the proxy peer-to-peer network client and the port number of the proxy peer-to-peer network client.

Step S205, the conference control server sends a call response to the first client according to the call response information.

After receiving the call response information sent by the proxy P2P network client, the conference control server sends a call response to the first client according to the call response information, wherein the call response may include media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client.

Step S206, the first client sends reply confirmation information to the conference control server.

In a specific implementation, after the first client receives the media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client sent by the conference control server, it can determine whether the media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client matches the media attribute information of the first client, for example, The first client may determine whether at least one encoding technique supported by the proxy P2P network client matches at least one decoding technique supported by the first client, and the at least one decoding technique supported by the proxy P2P network client is consistent with the first encoding technique supported by the first client. Whether at least one encoding technology supported by the client matches, and whether the port number of the proxy peer-to-peer network client matches the port number of the first client, etc., if the first client judges that the media attribute information of the proxy peer-to-peer network client is consistent with the first If the media attribute information of the client matches, then the reply confirmation information is sent to the conference control server, and the reply confirmation information carries the media attribute information of the first client, wherein the media attribute information may include the encoding technology and decoding technology supported by the first client and the second A port number of a client, etc.

Step S207, the conference control server sends a reply confirmation to the proxy P2P network client according to the reply confirmation information.

After receiving the reply confirmation information sent by the first client, the conference control server may send a reply confirmation to the proxy P2P network client according to the reply confirmation information, wherein the reply confirmation may include the media attribute information of the first client.

In step S208, a media channel is established between the proxy P2P network client and the first client.

In specific implementation, after receiving the reply confirmation sent by the conference control server, the proxy P2P network client can judge whether the media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client matches the media attribute information of the first client, for example, the proxy P2P network client The terminal can determine whether at least one encoding technology supported by the proxy peer-to-peer network client matches at least one decoding technology supported by the first client, and at least one decoding technology supported by the proxy peer-to-peer network client matches the at least one decoding technology supported by the first client. Whether at least one encoding technology of the agent matches, and whether the port number of the proxy peer-to-peer network client matches the port number of the first client, etc., if the proxy peer-to-peer network client judges that the media attribute information of the proxy peer-to-peer network client is consistent with the first client If the media attribute information of the terminal matches, a media channel is established with the first client.

Step S209, the first client sends the media stream to the proxy P2P network client through the media channel.

After the media channel is established between the proxy peer-to-peer network client and the first client, the first client can send a media stream to the proxy peer-to-peer network client through the media channel, wherein the media stream can include the media stream sent by the first client audio and/or video.

In step S210, the proxy peer-to-peer network client performs audio mixing processing on the media stream sent by the first client and the media stream collected by the local end, so as to obtain one media stream.

In step S211, the proxy P2P network client sends the acquired media stream to the second client through the P2P network conference channel.

Step S212, the second client sends the media stream to the proxy P2P network client through the P2P network conference channel.

In step S213, the proxy peer-to-peer network client performs audio mixing processing on the media stream sent by the second client and the media stream collected by the local end, so as to obtain one media stream.

Step S214, the proxy peer-to-peer network client sends the acquired media stream to the first client through the media channel.

In the peer-to-peer network conference access method shown in Figure 2, a media channel is established between the proxy peer-to-peer network client and the first client, and the first client sends a media stream to the proxy peer-to-peer network client through the media channel, The proxy peer-to-peer network client mixes the received media stream and the media stream collected by the local end to obtain one media stream, and sends the obtained media stream to the second client through the peer-to-peer network conference channel Further, the proxy peer-to-peer network client performs mixing processing on the media stream sent by the second client through the peer-to-peer network conference channel and the media stream collected by the local end to obtain one media stream, and the obtained A media stream is sent to the first client through the media channel, and the client that does not support the peer-to-peer network can access the peer-to-peer network conference without relying on the intermediate node, and the cost is low and the process is simple.

Please refer to FIG. 3. FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a proxy peer-to-peer network client provided in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the proxy peer-to-peer network client in the embodiment of the present invention may at least include a media channel establishment unit 301 , a media stream receiving unit 302 and a media stream sending unit 303 .

The media channel establishment unit 301 is configured to establish a media channel with the first client, where the first client does not support peer-to-peer network conferences.

The media stream receiving unit 302 is configured to receive the media stream sent by the first client through the media channel established by the media channel establishing unit 301 and the first client, wherein the media stream may include the audio and audio sent by the first client and/or video. Optionally, the media stream receiving unit 302 may also receive media streams sent by other peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference.

The media stream sending unit 303 is configured to send the media streams received by the media stream receiving unit 302 to corresponding other peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through the peer-to-peer network conference channel. Optionally, the media stream sending unit 303 may also send received media streams sent by other peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference to the first client through a media channel.

As an optional implementation manner, the proxy peer-to-peer network client may also include:

The audio mixing processing unit 304 is configured to perform audio mixing processing on the media stream received by the media stream receiving unit 302 and the media stream collected at the local end, so as to obtain a mixed media stream. Optionally, the audio mixing processing unit 304 may also perform audio mixing processing on the media streams sent by at least two clients among other peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference received by the media stream receiving unit 302, to obtain A stream of media that has been mixed. Optionally, the audio mixing processing unit 304 may also combine the media stream received by the media stream receiving unit 302 from at least one of the other peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference and the media stream collected by the local end Perform audio mixing processing to obtain a media stream that has undergone audio mixing processing.

The media stream sending unit 303 is further configured to send one media stream obtained by the audio mixing processing unit 304 to corresponding other peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through the peer-to-peer network conference channel. Optionally, the media stream sending unit 303 may also send one media stream obtained by the audio mixing processing unit 304 to the first client through a media channel.

As an optional implementation manner, the media channel establishment unit 301 in the embodiment of the present invention may be shown in FIG. 4, further comprising:

The call request receiving module 401 is configured to receive call request information for the first client sent by the conference control server. The call request information may be a request information whose information body is empty. Optionally, the call request information may also be that the conference control server forwards the received access request information sent by the client as the conference initiator to the proxy peer web client.

The media attribute sending module 402 is configured to send its own media attribute information to the conference control server according to the call request information received by the call request receiving module 401, wherein the media attribute information may include its own supported encoding technology and decoding technology and its own port No. etc.

In specific implementation, the media attribute sending module 402 sends its own media attribute information to the conference control server, so that the conference control server sends the received media attribute information of itself to the first client, and the first client can determine the Describe whether its own media attribute information matches the media attribute information of the first client, for example, the first client may determine whether the at least one encoding technology supported by itself matches the at least one decoding technology supported by the first client, Whether the at least one decoding technology supported by itself matches the at least one encoding technology supported by the first client, and whether the port number of itself matches the port number of the first client, etc., if the first client judges that the If the media attribute information of the first client matches the media attribute information of the first client, the media attribute information of the first client is sent to the conference control server.

The media attribute receiving module 403 is configured to receive the media attribute information of the first client sent by the conference control server, wherein the media attribute information of the first client may include the encoding technology and decoding technology supported by the first client and the port number of the first client wait. In specific implementation, after the media attribute receiving module 403 receives the media attribute information of the first client, it can judge whether its own media attribute information matches the media attribute information of the first client. For example, the media attribute receiving module 403 can judge whether the media attribute information supported by itself Whether at least one encoding technique matches at least one decoding technique supported by the first client, whether at least one decoding technique supported by itself matches at least one encoding technique supported by the first client, and whether its own port number matches that of the first client Whether the port number of a client matches, etc., if the media attribute receiving module 403 judges that its own media attribute information matches the media attribute information of the first client, it will trigger the media channel establishment module 404 to establish a media channel with the first client.

The media channel establishing module 404 is configured to establish a media channel with the first client after the media attribute receiving module 403 receives the media attribute information of the first client.

In the proxy peer-to-peer network clients shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 , the media stream receiving unit 302 receives the media stream sent by the first client through the media channel established by the media channel establishing unit 301 and the first client, The media stream sending unit 303 sends the media streams received by the media stream receiving unit 302 to corresponding other peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through the peer-to-peer network conference channel, without relying on the intermediate node, The client that does not support the peer-to-peer network can access the peer-to-peer network conference, the cost is low, and the process is simple.

Please refer to FIG. 5 . FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a proxy P2P network client provided in another embodiment of the present invention, which is used to implement the method for accessing a P2P network conference provided by the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 5, the proxy peer-to-peer network client includes: at least one processor 501, such as a CPU, and at least two network interfaces, wherein the at least two network interfaces may include a first network interface 503 and a second network interface 504, memory 505, at least one communication bus 502. Wherein, the communication bus 502 is used to realize connection and communication between these components. Optionally, the first network interface 503 and the second network interface 504 may include a standard wired interface or a wireless interface (such as a Wi-Fi interface). The first network interface 503 is used for communicating with the first client, and the second network interface 504 is used for communicating with the second client. The memory 505 may include a high-speed RAM memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory (non-volatile memory), such as at least one disk memory. The memory 505 may optionally include at least one storage device located far away from the aforementioned processor 501 . As shown in Figure 5, a set of program codes are stored in the memory 505, and the processor 501 is used to call the program codes stored in the memory 505 to perform the following operations:

Establishing a media channel with the first client, wherein the first client does not support peer-to-peer network meetings;

receiving a media stream sent by the first client through the media channel through the first network interface 503, where the media stream may include audio and/or video sent by the first client;

The received media stream is sent to the second client participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through the peer-to-peer network conference channel through the second network interface 504 .

In one embodiment, after receiving the media stream sent by the first client through the media channel through the first network interface 503, the processor 501 performs audio mixing processing on the received media stream and the media stream collected at the local end, so as to obtain A media stream processed by audio mixing;

The processor 501 sends the received media stream to the second client participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through the peer-to-peer network conference channel through the second network interface 504, specifically:

Using the second network interface 504, the acquired media stream is sent to the second client participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through the peer-to-peer network conference channel.

In one embodiment, a media channel is established between the processor 501 and the first client, specifically:

The call request information for the first client sent by the conference control server is received. The call request information may be a request information whose information body is empty. Optionally, the call request information may also be that the conference control server forwards the received access request information sent by the client as the conference initiator to the proxy peer web client;

Send its own media attribute information to the conference control server according to the received call request information, so that the conference control server sends the self media attribute information to the first client, and receives the first client's information sent by the first client. Media attribute information, where the media attribute information may include the encoding technology and decoding technology supported by the client, as well as the port number of the client, etc.;

receiving the media attribute information of the first client sent by the conference control server;

A media channel is established with the first client.

Specifically, the proxy peer-to-peer network client introduced in the embodiment of the present invention can realize the client that does not support the peer-to-peer network to access the peer-to-peer network conference without relying on the intermediate node, with low cost and simple process.

Please refer to FIG. 6. FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a peer-to-peer network conference access system provided in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the peer-to-peer network conference access system in the embodiment of the present invention may at least include a proxy pair The peer-to-peer network client 601, the first client 602 and the second client 603, the proxy peer-to-peer network client 601 can be combined with the proxy peer-to-peer network client shown in Figure 3, Figure 4 and Figure 5, the first client 602 Peer-to-peer web conferencing is not supported where:

The proxy peer-to-peer network client 601 is configured to establish a media channel with the first client 602 .

The first client 602 is configured to send a media stream to the proxy P2P network client 601 through the media channel, where the media stream may include audio and/or video sent by the first client.

The proxy peer-to-peer network client 601 is further configured to send the received media stream to the second client 603 participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through the peer-to-peer network conference channel. Optionally, the proxy peer-to-peer network client 601 may also receive the media stream sent by the second client 603 through the peer-to-peer network conference channel, and send the received media stream sent by the second client 603 to the second client through the media channel. A client 602.

The second client 603 is configured to receive the media stream sent by the proxy P2P client 601 .

As an optional implementation manner, the proxy peer-to-peer network client 601 is also configured to perform mixing processing on the received media stream and the media stream collected at the local end, so as to obtain a mixed media stream, And send the acquired media stream to the second client 603 through the peer-to-peer network conference channel. Optionally, the proxy peer-to-peer network client 601 can also perform audio mixing processing on the media stream sent by the second client 603 and the media stream collected by the local end, so as to obtain a mixed media stream, and obtain The received media stream is sent to the first client 602 through the media channel.

As an optional implementation manner, the peer-to-peer network conference access system may also include a conference control server 604, where:

The conference control server 604 is configured to send call request information for the first client 602 to the proxy peer-to-peer network client 601. The call request information may be request information with an empty message body. Optionally, the call request information may also be It may be that the conference control server 604 forwards the received access request information sent by the client serving as the conference initiator to the proxy P2P network client 601 .

In a specific implementation, the conference control server 604 is used to receive the access request information sent by the client as the conference initiator, where the client as the conference initiator may be the proxy peer-to-peer network client 601 or the second client 603, and the conference After the control server 604 receives the access request information, it can judge whether the conference is a peer-to-peer network conference according to the conference attribute corresponding to the conference participated by the client as the conference initiator and the number of clients participating in the conference. If the conference control server 604 Judging that the conference is a peer-to-peer network conference, then judging whether the first client 602 supports a peer-to-peer network conference according to the received access request information; Whether the client 602 supports a peer-to-peer network conference; if the conference control server 604 judges that the conference is a peer-to-peer network conference, and judges that the first client 602 supports a peer-to-peer network conference according to the received access request information, then refuse to participate in the peer-to-peer network conference. Determine the proxy P2P network client 601 among all the clients of the above-mentioned P2P network conference; if the conference control server 604 judges that the conference is a P2P network conference, and judges according to the received access request information that the first client 602 does not support For a peer-to-peer network conference, determine the proxy P2P network client 601 among all clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference, and send call request information to the proxy P2P network client 601.

The proxy P2P network client 601 is further configured to send the media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client 601 to the conference control server 604 according to the received call request information, and the media attribute information may include the proxy P2P network client 601 support The encoding technology and decoding technology and the port number of the proxy peer-to-peer network client 601, etc.

The conference control server 604 is further configured to send the received media attribute information of the proxy P2P client 601 to the first client 602 .

The first client 602 is further configured to send the media attribute information of the first client 602 to the conference control server 604 according to the received media attribute information of the proxy P2P client 601 .

In a specific implementation, after the first client 602 receives the media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client 601 sent by the conference control server 604, it can determine that the media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client 601 is different from that of the first client 602. Whether the media attribute information matches, for example, the first client 602 can determine whether at least one encoding technology supported by the proxy P2P network client 601 matches at least one decoding technology supported by the first client 602, and the proxy P2P network client Whether the at least one decoding technology supported by the terminal 601 matches the at least one encoding technology supported by the first client 602, and whether the port number of the proxy peer-to-peer network client 601 matches the port number of the first client 602, etc., if The first client 602 judges that the media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client 601 matches the media attribute information of the first client 602 , and sends the media attribute information of the first client 602 to the conference control server 604 .

The conference control server 604 is further configured to send the received media attribute information of the first client 602 to the proxy peer-to-peer network client 601, and the media attribute information of the first client 602 may include encoding supported by the first client 602 technology and decoding technology and the port number of the first client 602, etc.

The proxy P2P network client 601 is further configured to receive the media attribute information of the first client 602 sent by the conference control server 604 , and establish a media channel with the first client 602 .

In a specific implementation, after the proxy P2P network client 601 receives the media attribute information of the first client 602 sent by the conference control server 604, it can determine the media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client 601 and the media attribute information of the first client 602. Whether the media attribute information matches, for example, the proxy peer-to-peer network client 601 can determine whether at least one encoding technique supported by the proxy peer-to-peer network client 601 matches at least one decoding technique supported by the first client 602, and the proxy peer-to-peer Whether at least one decoding technology supported by the network client 601 matches at least one encoding technology supported by the first client 602, and whether the port number of the proxy peer-to-peer network client 601 matches the port number of the first client 602, etc. , if the proxy P2P network client 601 judges that the media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client 601 matches the media attribute information of the first client 602 , then establish a media channel with the first client 602 .

In the peer-to-peer network conference access system shown in FIG. 6, the first client 602 sends media to the proxy peer-to-peer network client 601 through the media channel established between the proxy peer-to-peer network client 601 and the first client 602. stream, the proxy peer-to-peer network client 601 sends the received media stream to the second client 603 participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through the peer-to-peer network conference channel, which can realize non-peer-to-peer support without relying on intermediate nodes The client of the network accesses the peer-to-peer network conference, which has low cost and simple process.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of the processes in the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented through computer programs to instruct related hardware, and the programs can be stored in computer-readable storage media. During execution, it may include the processes of the embodiments of the above-mentioned methods. Wherein, the storage medium may be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM) or a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), etc.

It should be noted that, in the foregoing embodiments, descriptions of each embodiment have their own emphases, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to relevant descriptions of other embodiments. Secondly, those skilled in the art should also know that the embodiments described in the specification belong to preferred embodiments, and the actions and units involved are not necessarily required by the present invention.

The steps in the methods of the embodiments of the present invention can be adjusted, combined and deleted according to actual needs.

The units or modules in the client in the embodiment of the present invention can be combined, divided and deleted according to actual needs.

The units or modules described in the embodiments of the present invention can be realized by a general-purpose integrated circuit, such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit, central processing unit), or an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, application-specific integrated circuit).

The above has introduced the peer-to-peer network conference access method, client and system provided by the embodiment of the present invention in detail. In this paper, specific examples are used to illustrate the principle and implementation of the present invention. The description of the above embodiment is only used To help understand the method of the present invention and its core idea; at the same time, for those of ordinary skill in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, there will be changes in the specific implementation and scope of application. In summary, this specification The content should not be construed as a limitation of the invention.

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1. A peer-to-peer network conference access method, characterized in that the method comprises: Establishing a media channel between a proxy peer-to-peer network (Peer to Peer, P2P) client and the first client, wherein the first client does not support peer-to-peer network meetings; The proxy peer-to-peer network client receives the media stream sent by the first client through the media channel; The proxy peer-to-peer network client sends the received media streams to corresponding other peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through the peer-to-peer network conference channel. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, after the proxy peer-to-peer network client receives the media stream sent by the first client through the media channel, the method further comprises: The proxy peer-to-peer network client performs mixing processing on the received media stream and the media stream collected at the local end, so as to obtain a mixed media stream; The proxy P2P network client sending the received media streams to corresponding other P2P network clients participating in the P2P network conference through the P2P conference channel includes: The proxy peer-to-peer network client sends the acquired media stream to other corresponding peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through a peer-to-peer network conference channel. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein establishing a media channel between the agent peer-to-peer network client and the first client comprises: The proxy P2P network client receives the call request information sent by the conference control server for the first client; The proxy P2P network client sends the media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client to the conference control server according to the received call request information, so that the conference control server transfers the proxy P2P network client to the conference control server. sending the media attribute information of the client to the first client, and receiving the media attribute information of the first client sent by the first client; The proxy P2P network client receives the media attribute information of the first client sent by the conference control server; A media channel is established between the proxy P2P network client and the first client. 4. A proxy peer-to-peer network client, characterized in that, the proxy peer-to-peer network client includes: a media channel establishment unit, configured to establish a media channel with the first client, wherein the first client does not support peer-to-peer network meetings; a media stream receiving unit, configured to receive the media stream sent by the first client through the media channel established by the media channel establishing unit and the first client; The media stream sending unit is configured to send the media streams received by the media stream receiving unit to corresponding other peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through the peer-to-peer network conference channel. 5. the proxy peer-to-peer network client as claimed in claim 4, is characterized in that, described proxy peer-to-peer network client also comprises: A sound mixing processing unit, configured to perform sound mixing processing on the media stream received by the media stream receiving unit and the media stream collected at the local end, so as to obtain a mixed media stream; The media stream sending unit is further configured to send one media stream acquired by the audio mixing processing unit to corresponding other peer-to-peer network clients participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through the peer-to-peer network conference channel. 6. proxy peer-to-peer network client as claimed in claim 4, is characterized in that, described media channel establishment unit comprises: A call request receiving module, configured to receive call request information sent by the conference control server for the first client; A media attribute sending module, configured to send the media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client to the conference control server according to the call request information received by the call request receiving module, so that the conference control server sends the proxy sending the media attribute information of the peer-to-peer network client to the first client, and receiving the media attribute information of the first client sent by the first client; a media attribute receiving module, configured to receive the media attribute information of the first client sent by the conference control server; A media channel establishing module, configured to establish a media channel with the first client. 7. A peer-to-peer network conference access system, characterized in that the system includes a proxy peer-to-peer network client, a first client and a second client, and the first client does not support a peer-to-peer network conference, in: The proxy peer-to-peer network client is used to establish a media channel with the first client; The first client is configured to send a media stream to the proxy peer-to-peer network client through the media channel; The proxy peer-to-peer network client is further configured to send the received media stream to the second client participating in the peer-to-peer network conference through a peer-to-peer network conference channel; The second client is configured to receive the media stream sent by the proxy P2P network client. 8. The system of claim 7, wherein: The proxy peer-to-peer network client is also used to perform mixing processing on the received media stream and the media stream collected at the local end, so as to obtain a mixed media stream, and obtain the obtained One channel of media stream is sent to the second client through the peer-to-peer network conference channel. 9. The system according to claim 7, further comprising a conference control server; The conference control server is configured to send call request information for the first client to the proxy P2P network client; The proxy P2P network client is further configured to send the media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client to the conference control server according to the received call request information; The conference control server is further configured to send the received media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client to the first client; The first client is further configured to send the media attribute information of the first client to the conference control server according to the received media attribute information of the proxy P2P network client; The conference control server is further configured to send the received media attribute information of the first client to the proxy P2P network client; The proxy P2P network client is further configured to receive the media attribute information of the first client sent by the conference control server, and establish a media channel with the first client.