Device classification for media delivery

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor and a memory including computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
• register a packet-communicating terminal for sharing data from the packet-communicating terminal;
• receive, from the packet-communicating terminal, one or more caching policies by which to store the shared data at one or more caches;
• program the packet-communicating terminal with the one or more caching policies to store the shared data at the one or more caches;
• implement a cache engine according to the one or more caching policies to provide the shared data to the one or more caches, over a packet-communicating network, as a function of the one or more caching policies and of a current status of the shared data that is stored at the one or more caches;
• and
• in response to a request from a remote user device for the shared data, direct a transfer of the shared data in the one or more caches over the packet-communicating network to the remote user device.