Patent ID: 9137125
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: generating, by a mobile device that includes at least one microprocessor, a request for a video hosted by a content service; predicting a broadcast condition associated with the mobile device at a future period in time based upon at least one characteristic associated with the mobile device; associating, by the mobile device, a rule with the request, wherein the rule employs the broadcast condition to regulate return of the video to the mobile device; and transmitting, by the mobile device, the request that includes the rule to an intermediate node configured to forward the request to the content service and add another rule to the request specifying to route the video to the mobile device through at least one alternate node intermediate to the mobile device and the content service, wherein the rule and the other rule are employable by the content service to return the video to the mobile device as a function of the rule and the other rule.