Micro-cache method and apparatus for a mobile environment with variable connectivity

A method comprising:

• storing content titles within micro-cache devices integrated within a corresponding plurality of mobile environments;
• maintaining an internet packet (IP) address pool in accordance with IP address information received from a content provider by an address manager, the address manager to associate different portions of the address pool with different instances of the micro-cache devices and corresponding mobile environments;
• providing network connectivity to client devices within each mobile environment, including:
• assigning IP addresses from a first portion of the address pool to requesting client devices within a first mobile environment;
• and
• assigning IP addresses from a second portion of the address pool to requesting client devices within a second mobile environment;
• and
• providing the content provider with visibility into each micro-cache device and control of access rights to each micro-cache device by the client devices within each mobile environment, wherein the visibility into a micro-cache device includes visibility of what content from the content provider at the micro-cache device has been copied and distributed to the client devices.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having program code stored thereon which, when executed by a machine causes the machine to perform the operations of:

• storing content titles within micro-cache devices integrated within a corresponding plurality of mobile environments;
• maintaining an internet packet (IP) address pool in accordance with IP address information received from a content provider by an address manager, the address manager to associate different portions of the address pool with different instances of the micro-cache devices and corresponding mobile environments;
• providing network connectivity to client devices within each mobile environment, including:
• assigning IP addresses from a first portion of the address pool to requesting client devices within a first mobile environment;
• and
• assigning IP addresses from a second portion of the address pool to requesting client devices within a second mobile environment;
• and
• providing the content provider with visibility into each micro-cache device and control of access rights to each micro-cache device by the client devices within each mobile environment, wherein the visibility into a micro-cache device includes visibility of what content from the content provider at the micro-cache device has been copied and distributed to the client devices.