Patent ID: 9326187
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving a request from a target user equipment (UE) device from one of multiple UE devices in a network for a content item; identifying at least one UE device of the multiple UE devices, other than the target UE device, to which the requested content item is being provided; determining whether the target UE device and the at least one UE device are serviced by a common base station in the network; upon determining that the target UE device and the at least one UE device are serviced by a common base station, instructing the common base station to multicast the requested content item to the target UE device and to the at least one UE device; and managing content including the requested content item by maintaining a database in the network, the database including information related to the managed content indicating content items that are currently being received by the multiple UE devices and associations among the multiple UE devices and corresponding base stations of the network, wherein the managing content further includes: