Reuse of redundant assets with client query

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one memory configured to store computer program code;
• at least one hardware processor configured to access the computer program code and operate as instructed by the computer program code, the computer program code including:
• determining code configured to cause the at least one hardware processor to determine that a media asset appears in at least two or more subsequent scenes in a plurality of scenes associated with an immersive media presentation;
• sending code configured to cause the at least one hardware processor to send a request to the client querying whether the client has access to the media asset appearing in at least two or more scenes in a local cache, wherein the client has sufficient storage resources to store copies of media assets associated with the immersive media presentation in the local cache;
• receiving code configured to cause the at least one hardware processor to receive a reply from the client indicating whether the client has access to the media asset appearing in at least two or more scenes in the local cache;
• signaling code configured to cause the at least one hardware processor to signal, in response to the reply indicating that the client has access to the media asset appearing in at least two or more scenes in the local cache, the client to use the media asset in a subsequent scene without further waiting distributing the media asset to the client;
• and
• distributing code configured to cause the at least one hardware processor to distribute the media asset to the client in response to the reply indicating that the client has no access to the media asset appearing in at least two or more scenes in the local cache.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

• determining that a media asset appears in at least two or more scenes in the plurality of scenes associated with the immersive media presentation;
• sending a request to a client querying whether the client has access to the media asset appearing in at least two or more scenes in a local cache, wherein the client has sufficient storage resource to store copies of media assets associated with the immersive media presentation in the local cache;
• receiving a reply from the client indicating whether the client has access to the media asset appearing in at least two or more scenes in the local cache;
• signaling, in response to the reply indicating that the client has access to the media asset appearing in at least two or more scenes in the local cache, the client to use the media asset in a subsequent scene without further distributing the media asset to the client;
• and
• distributing the media asset to the client in response to the reply indicating that the client has no access to the media asset appearing in at least two or more scenes in the local cache.