Content delivery architecture for mobile access networks
First Claim
1. A method of delivering content over a communications system, wherein the communications system comprises a plurality of terminals capable of communicating via a communications network, wherein the plurality of terminals are capable of requesting, and thereafter receiving, content, the method comprising:
- requesting content at a terminal; and
delivering the content to the terminal based upon the request, and thereafter delivering the content to at least one other terminal of the system before the at least one other terminal requests the content.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for delivering content in a communications system. A communications system is provided that includes a plurality of terminals and a content director. The terminals are adapted to communicate via a communications network, and are each capable of requesting and thereafter receiving content via the communications network. The content director, on the other hand, is capable of receiving a request for content from one terminal. The content director can then push the content to the terminal based upon the request, and push the content to at least one other terminal before the other terminals request the content. Each terminal can have an associated user interest correlation with each other terminal. In such instances, the content director can push the content to other terminals based upon the user interest correlation of the other terminals with respect to the terminal requesting the content.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of delivering content over a communications system, wherein the communications system comprises a plurality of terminals capable of communicating via a communications network, wherein the plurality of terminals are capable of requesting, and thereafter receiving, content, the method comprising:
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requesting content at a terminal; and
delivering the content to the terminal based upon the request, and thereafter delivering the content to at least one other terminal of the system before the at least one other terminal requests the content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A communications system comprising:
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a plurality of terminals adapted to communicate via a communications network, wherein each terminal is capable of requesting and thereafter receiving content via the communications network; and
a content director capable of receiving a request for content from one terminal, wherein the content director is capable of pushing the content to the terminal based upon the request, and capable of pushing the content to at least one other terminal before the at least one other terminal requests the content. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A communications system comprising:
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a data network comprising at least one origin server;
a cellular network in electrical communication with the data network, wherein the cellular network comprises;
a content director capable of receiving a request for content from a terminal and thereafter receive the content from the at least one origin server via the data network, and wherein the content director is capable of pushing the content to the terminal via the cellular network based upon the request, and capable of pushing the content via the cellular network to at least one other terminal before the at least one other terminal requests the content. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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