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

Claim 36:
37. The system of claim 36, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
establish a connection, using the transceiver circuitry, between the first device and the content source;
determine, based on the connection metrics, that the first device has a higher quality connection than the second device; and
in response to determining that the first device has a higher quality connection than the second device:
retrieve, using the transceiver circuitry, from the content source, a second segment of the media;
store the second segment in a cache of the first device; and
deliver, using the transceiver circuitry, via the sidelink connection, the second segment from the cache of the first device to other devices of the plurality of devices in response to receiving requests from the other devices of the plurality of devices for the second segment.