METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CACHING A MEDIA ASSET

摘要

Methods and systems for caching a media asset implemented on a user equipment device. The user equipment device is connected to a home network including the user equipment device and a mobile device. The media asset may be transformed into a first portion that is likely to be accessed and a second portion that is not likely to be accessed. The first portion may be stored at a user equipment device. The second portion may be stored at the mobile device. The home network may implement a custom Wi-Fi protocol that allows a first device on the home network to query a second device for an amount of storage space available on the second device. The user equipment device and the mobile device may each include a software driver compatible with the custom Wi-Fi protocol.

主权项

1. A method for caching media assets implemented on a user equipment device connected to a home network including the user equipment device and a mobile device, comprising:
receiving, via control circuitry of the user equipment device, an instruction to cache a media asset at the user equipment device; determining, via the control circuitry, whether the user equipment device has a sufficient amount of storage available to store the media asset; and in response to determining that the user equipment device does not have the sufficient amount of storage available to store the media asset:
transforming, via the control circuitry, the media asset into a first portion and a second portion;retrieving, via the control circuitry, the first portion of the media asset;storing, via the control circuitry, the first portion of the media asset at the user equipment device;detecting, via the control circuitry, the mobile device in the home network;retrieving, via the control circuitry, an amount of storage available on the mobile device;determining, via the control circuitry, whether the amount of storage available on the mobile device is sufficient to store the second portion of the media asset; andin response to determining that the amount of storage available is sufficient to store the second portion of the media asset:
retrieving, via the control circuitry, the second portion of the media asset; andtransferring, via the control circuitry, the second portion of the media asset to the mobile device