Methods of processing requests for content and initiating an interconnection for the content
AssigneeAlcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
InventorsIvica Rimac, Uichin Lee
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Abstract
At least one example embodiment is directed to a method of processing a request for content including storing, at a network element, user information for a plurality of users, the user information including a location of the user and received content information, receiving a request for content from a requester, determining a potential peer from the plurality of users based on the request for content and the user information, and sending a response to the requester based on the determining
Claims20
A method of processing a request for content comprising:
- storing, at a network element, user information for a plurality of users, the user information including locations of the plurality of users and received content information;
- receiving a request for content from a requester of the plurality of users;
- determining a potential peer from the plurality of users based on the request for content and the user information;
- and
- sending a response to the requester based on the determining.
A method of initiating an interconnection between a requester of a plurality of users and a potential peer of the plurality of users:
- storing, at a network element, user information for the plurality of users, the user information including a location of the user and received content information;
- receiving a request for content from the requester;
- first determining a data spot of the requester, the data spot being an area where the requester has communicative access to transmission resource(s) for access and consumption of the requested content;
- second determining the potential peer in the data spot based on the first determining;
- and
- transmitting a response to the requester and an enable signal to the potential peer if the requester is located in the data spot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.