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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Robert Skog, Hässelby, SE;
Chris Mcevilly, Bagshot, GB;
Assignee:
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 65/80 (2022.01); H04L 67/568 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04L 67/2842 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for processing communications. In one aspect, a method in a first node in a network of delivering content comprises delivering a first portion of the content to a device, receiving a request for a second portion of the content from the device and, responsive to the request and responsive to a determination that the second portion of the content should be delivered to the device from a second node in the network, instructing the device to retrieve the content from the second node.