Patent ID: 11910032
Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
identifying a first network and a second network available to a user equipment device, wherein the user equipment device is configured to communicate with a content server via at least one of the first network or via the second network, and wherein the first network is associated with an edge server comprising a cache;
receiving, from the user equipment device, a request to access at least a portion of a media asset;
determining whether the at least a portion of the media asset is stored in the cache;
in response to determining that the at least a portion of the media asset is not stored in the cache:
determining whether the edge server should be selected to obtain the at least a portion of the media asset via the first network from the content server or the user equipment device should be selected to obtain the at least a portion of the media asset via the second network from the content server;

in response to determining that the user equipment device should be selected to obtain the at least a portion of the media asset via the second network from the content server, causing the at least a portion of the media asset to be obtained using the selected user equipment device via the second network;
causing the at least a portion of the media asset obtained using the selected user equipment device via the second network to be stored at the cache; and
causing the at least a portion of the media asset obtained using the selected user equipment device via the second network to be generated for display at the user equipment device.