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

Claim 13:
14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:
establishing a connection between the second device and the content source;
determining, based on the connection metrics, that the second device has a higher quality connection than the first device; and
in response to determining that the second device has a higher quality connection than the first device:
retrieving, by the second device, a second segment of the media;
storing, by the second device, the second segment in a cache of the second device; and
delivering, by the second device, via the sidelink connection, the second segment from the cache of the second 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.