Content management delivery system (CMDS) facilitated local access system

摘要

A method of sharing a streaming content item to a target user equipment (UE) device on a network includes identifying a UE device on the network that is currently receiving the content item. The method determines whether the target and source UE devices are serviced by a common base station. If they are, the method commands the base station to multicast the content item to the UE device and the target UE device. The method also includes sharing a content item stored on a first UE device with a second UE device by commanding the first UE device to send the content item to the second UE device without going through the network or by commanding the first UE device to upload the content item to the base station and then downloading the content item from the base station to the first UE device.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a request from a target user equipment (UE) device from one of multiple UE devices in a network for a content item; identifying at least one UE device of the multiple UE devices, other than the target UE device, to which the requested content item is being provided; determining whether the target UE device and the at least one UE device are serviced by a common base station in the network; upon determining that the target UE device and the at least one UE device are serviced by a common base station, instructing the common base station to multicast the requested content item to the target UE device and to the at least one UE device; and managing content including the requested content item by maintaining a database in the network, the database including information related to the managed content indicating content items that are currently being received by the multiple UE devices and associations among the multiple UE devices and corresponding base stations of the network, wherein the managing content further includes:
obtaining authorization information of the target UE device related to the requested content item before providing the requested content item to the target UE device, andupon determining that the target device has an authorization to receive the requested content item, causing the requested content item to be sent to the target device.