Patent ID: 11936710
Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 21:
22. The method of claim 21, further comprising:
in response to determining that the sidelink connection quality level is not sufficient to receive the second segment:
determining whether the second segment is currently stored in a cache of a third device of the plurality of devices;
determining whether a second sidelink connection quality level between the second device and the third device is sufficient to receive the second segment; and
in response to determining that the second segment is currently stored in the cache of the third device and that the second sidelink connection quality level is sufficient to receive the second segment, transmitting, to the third device, by the second device, via the sidelink connection, a request for the second segment.