METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PROVIDING CONTENT DATA AND ACCESSING CONTENT DATA
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatuses of providing content data and accessing con tent data. The method for providing content data comprises: receiving a first request for content data, the first request being originated from a first user equipment and comprising an indication of the requested content data and an indication from where the requested content data is accessible; identifying a local equipment that is in proximity to the first user equipment and has pre-stored the requested content data; and returning a first response directed to the first user equipment, by which the first user equipment is informed to access the requested content data from the local equipment via a first device-to-device communication with the local equipment. With the proposed solutions, network loads can be reduced.
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62 Claims
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44. An apparatus for providing content data to user equipments, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program codes, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to; receive a first request for content data, the first request being originated from a first user equipment and comprising an indication of the requested content data and an indication from where the requested content data is accessible; identify a local equipment that is in proximity to the first user equipment and has pre-stored the requested content data locally; and return a first response directed to the first user equipment, by which the first user equipment is informed to access the requested content data from the local equipment via a first device-to-device communication with the local equipment. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. An apparatus for providing content data to user equipments, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to; pre-store, at a local equipment, content data downloaded from a content server; receive a first request for the content data, the first request being originated from a first user equipment which is in proximity to the local equipment and comprising an indication of the requested content data; and in response to the first request, communicate the requested content data to the first user equipment via a first device-to-device communication with the first user equipment. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. An apparatus for accessing content data, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to; transmit, at a first user equipment, a first request for content data, the first request comprising an indication of the requested content data; receive a first response to the first request, by which the first user equipment is informed to access the requested content data from a local equipment via a first device-to-device communication with the local equipment, the local equipment being in proximity to the first user equipment and having pre-stored the requested content data locally; and access the requested content data from the local equipment via the first device-to-device communication; wherein the local equipment has pre-stored the requested content data locally. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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