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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2021
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Jessica Lyn Hile, Austin, TX (US);
Alyssa Ambos, Austin, TX (US);
Ryan P. McBride, Chicago, IL (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A method of acquiring digital content by a user device is provided. The user device is connected to a wireless local area network (WLAN) that is connected to a wider-area network over which the digital content is accessible from a server computer. The method includes receiving a request for the digital content at the user device, and performing a search of a peer-to-peer network that includes the user device a peer device running client software from which the peer-to-peer network is accessible. The search is performed to determine if the digital content is also accessible from the peer device. And the digital content is accessed from the peer device over the peer-to-peer network when the digital content is also accessible from the peer device, and from the server computer over the WLAN and the wider-area network when the digital content is inaccessible from the peer device.