Patent ID: 9705794
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04J,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of operating a wireless user device served by a wireless network that performs Network Address Translation (NAT), the method comprising: the wireless user device exchanging user data with the wireless network using a device IP address wherein a network gateway in the wireless network exchanges the user data with external systems using an external IP address; the wireless user device receiving network information that indicates a network server, querying the network server for IP address translation data, and receiving the IP address translation data from the network server wherein the IP translation data indicates that the external IP address is associated with the device IP address for the wireless user device and wherein the network server receives some of the IP address translation data from the network gateway; and the wireless user device transferring content delivery footprint data for delivery to a content delivery network wherein the content delivery footprint data indicates media content stored on the wireless user device and indicates that the external IP address is associated with the device IP address for the wireless user device.