Patent ID: 9438526
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for exchanging delay-tolerant data content or in-advance data content between a user terminal and a communication network with which the user terminal communicates, the method comprising: storing the delay-tolerant data content or in-advance data content into a network cache of the communication network; gathering at the network cache network information related to a status of the communication network; receiving user terminal information at the network cache from a user cache located outside the communication network at the user terminal, wherein the user cache is controlled only by the user terminal and the user terminal information contains information about conditions determined by the user terminal that affect when transfer of the delay-tolerant data content or the in-advance data content should occur; and transferring the delay-tolerant data content or in-advance data content from the network cache to the user cache based on a determination by the network cache using both the network information and the user terminal information.