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

Claim 1:
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining, based on the connection metrics, that a third device has a higher quality connection than the first device; and
in response to determining that the third device has a higher quality connection than the first device:
retrieving, by the third device, from the content source, a second segment of the media;
storing, by the third device, the second segment in a cache of the third device; and
delivering, by the third device, via the sidelink connection, the second segment from the cache of the third device to the 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.