Systems and Methods for Providing a Content Proxy in a Wireless Network
AssigneeInternational Datacasting Corporation
InventorsGary Carter, Bastian Stassen, Fred Godard, Del Lippert, Chris Reinkeluers
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Abstract
Systems and methods for providing a content proxy in a wireless network. A set of media is provided to an edge proxy server located at a wireless site using satellite communications and stored by the edge proxy server independent of a local mobile station request for media in the set of media. Mobile stations can access live streams of media selected from the set of media by wireless communications with a wireless node and as mobile station move from one wireless site to another, the live media stream can be provided uninterrupted to the mobile station.
Claims24
A method comprising:
- storing, by a wireless site, a set of media, which includes a plurality of individual media, in a local edge proxy server independent of a local user request for any of the plurality of individual media in the set of media;
- receiving, by the wireless site, a request for a live stream of media from a mobile station;
- accessing, by the wireless site, the requested media from the set of media stored in the local edge proxy server;
- transmitting, by the wireless site, the live stream of media to the mobile station;
- receiving, by the wireless site, a handoff indication for the mobile station;
- identifying, by the wireless site, a current position of the live media stream;
- transferring, by the wireless site, an indication of the current position of the live media stream;
- and
- terminating, by the wireless site, transmission of the live media stream to the mobile station.
An apparatus comprising:
- a satellite antenna;
- a satellite receiver coupled to the satellite antenna;
- and
- a local edge proxy server coupled to the satellite receiver and to a wireless node, wherein the local edge proxy server includes a processor and memory, the memory storing a set of media, which includes a plurality of individual media, received via the satellite antenna and the satellite receiver, wherein the local edge proxy server
- stores the set of media independent of a local user request for any of the plurality of individual media in the set of media,
- provides a live media stream from the set of media to a mobile station, and
- determines a current position of the live media stream in response to a handoff indication and transfers an indication of the current position of the live media stream,
- wherein the local edge proxy server is located at a wireless site of the wireless node.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, which when executed, cause equipment at a wireless site to:
- store a set of media, which includes a plurality of individual media, in a local edge proxy server independent of a local user request for any of the plurality of individual media in the set of media;
- receive a request for a live stream of media from a mobile station;
- access the requested media from the set of media stored in the local edge proxy server;
- transmit the live stream of media to the mobile station;
- receive a handoff indication for the mobile station;
- identify a current position of the live media stream;
- transfer an indication of the current position of the live media stream;
- and
- terminate transmission of the live media stream to the mobile station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.