Patent ID: 9130918
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for verifying storage of content in communication equipment connected to at least one communication network, the method comprising: i) receiving a first request at an auxiliary equipment acting as an interface between said communication network and a second communication equipment, said first request comprising at least an identifier of said content and first data representative of said content, and requesting verification of the storage of said content in said second communication equipment, said first request being transmitted from a first communication equipment ii) transmitting a second request, comprising at least said content identifier, from the auxiliary communication equipment to said second communication equipment, to request transmission of second data representative of said content to said auxiliary communication equipment, and to trigger a timeout of a chosen duration, and iii) in the case where said auxiliary communication equipment has received said second data before expiration of said timeout, comparing said received second data in the auxiliary communication equipment said to said received first data, and in the case where the second data is identical to the corresponding first data, then transmitting a message representative of the result of said comparison to said first communication equipment and indicating that the second equipment stores the content, and in the case where the second data is not identical to the corresponding first data, then transmitting a message representative of the result of said comparison to said first communication equipment and indicating that the second equipment does not store the content.