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Methods and devices for content distribution

US9699592B2 · kind B2 · utility

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25Claims

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Ibtissam El Khayat · Glons, BE
Heiko Perkuhn · Bonn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 12, 2011
Grant date	Jul 4, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 3, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W84/18
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

To control content distribution to plural mobile entities (20, 25-27), a device (10) for managing the distribution of the content may determine mobile entities (20, 25-27) which participate in sharing the same content and which are located in the same region. The mobile entities (20, 25-27) respectively have a first interface for communication with a mobile communication network (2, 4, 5) and a second interface for forming an ad-hoc network with another mobile entity (25-27). A message indicating at least one peer address of a peer mobile entity (25-27) may be selectively transmitted to a mobile entity (20). The peer address allows the mobile entity (20) to retrieve at least a piece of the content over the second interface from another mobile entity (25-27).

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