System and method for providing a content delivery network via a motor vehicle

摘要

A cache server disposed in a motor vehicle receives and caches content from a content distribution network when a load of a cellular link to the content distribution network is low. The cache server determines that the motor vehicle is turned off, broadcasts a wireless signal as part of a wireless network when the motor vehicle is turned off, and provides a device access to the content cached in the cache server via the wireless network.

主权项

1. A cache server disposed in a motor vehicle, the cache server comprising:
a memory that stores instructions; and a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations comprising:
receiving content from a content distribution network when a load of a cellular link to the content distribution network is low;caching the content in the cache server;determining that the motor vehicle is turned off;activating an access point when the motor vehicle is determined to be turned off;broadcasting, by utilizing the access point, a wireless signal forming a localized coverage area wireless network when the motor vehicle is turned off, such that the localized coverage area wireless network is not provided while the motor vehicle is moving through the content distribution network;receiving, from a device, a request to join the localized coverage area wireless network;receiving authentication information from the device;authenticating the device at the cache server;authenticating the cache server with a different cache server if the cache server and the different cache server are determined to both be associated with a same service provider;detecting, if the cache server and the different cache server are both associated with the same service provider, whether the different cache server has an updated version of the content; andproviding, if the different cache server has the updated version of the content, access to the updated version of the content via the localized coverage area wireless network after the device is authenticated.