Patent ID: 9602208
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04B

Claim:
1. A media converter device, comprising: a first network interface configured to receive, from a headend server, a content item and a first indication that the content item should be cached, wherein the headend server is located upstream from the media converter device; a cache configured to store the content item; a distribution controller configured to determine, based at least in part on a number of a plurality of user devices that are expected to request the content item, that that the content item should be cached in one of a plurality of gateway devices that are located downstream from the media converter device, wherein the one of the plurality of gateway devices is communicatively coupled to the plurality of user devices; and a second network interface configured to transmit, to the one of the plurality of gateway devices, the content item and a second indication that the content item should be cached at the one of the plurality of gateway devices, intercept a request for at least a portion of the content item, the request being received from another of the plurality of gateway devices, the request comprising an adaptive bit rate request for a segment of the content item, and the request being addressed to the headend server, and cause redirect the another of the plurality of gateway devices to retrieve the at least the portion of the content item from the one of the plurality of gateway devices in response to intercepting the request addressed to the headend server, intercept another request, transmitted by the one of the plurality of gateway devices and addressed to the headend server, for another at least a portion of another content item, the another at least the portion of the another content item being cached at the another of the plurality of gateway devices and not being stored in the cache of the media converter device, and redirect the another request to the another of the plurality of gateway devices.