Method and system for operating a communication system
View Patent ↗A method of operating a communication server system is provided. The method includes monitoring communications exchanged between a first communication device and a second communication device for a transmission of data from the first communication device to the second communication device, and in response to detecting the transmission of the data, storing a copy of the data. The method further includes receiving a request for the data from a third communication device, and in response to the request, transmitting the data to the third communication device. The method also includes receiving a download credit from the third communication device in response to transmitting the data to the third communication device, and transmitting the download credit to the first communication device.
1. A method of operating a communication server system, the method comprising:
monitoring communications exchanged between a first communication device and a second communication device for a transmission of data from the first communication device to the second communication device;
in response to detecting the transmission of the data, storing a copy of the data;
receiving a request for the data from a third communication device;
in response to the request, transmitting the stored copy of the data to the third communication device;
receiving a download credit from the third communication device in response to transmitting the data to the third communication device; and
transmitting the download credit to the first communication device.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving a caching request from the first communication device including an identification of the data; and
receiving the data from the first communication device.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the first communication device is a wireless communication device.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the communications exchanged between the first communication device and the second communication device occur during a peer-to-peer session.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
creating a virtual machine, wherein the data is stored on the virtual machine.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein transmitting the data to the third communication device occurs during a peer-to-peer session.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein monitoring communications exchanged between the first communication device and the second communication device occurs over a wireless network.
8. A communication server system for operating a communication system, the communication server system comprising:
a communication interface communicatively coupled to a network, wherein the communication interface is configured to exchange data with the network;
a storage system; and
a processing system communicatively coupled to the communication interface and the storage system;
wherein the processing system is configured to:
monitor the network for communications exchanged between a first communication device and a second communication device for a transmission of data from the first communication device to the second communication device;
in response to detecting the transmission of the data, store a copy of the data in the storage system;
receive a request for the data from a third communication device through the communication interface;
in response to the request, transmit the stored copy of the data from the storage system to the third communication device;
receive a download credit from the third communication device through the communication interface in response to transmitting the data to the third communication device; and
transmit the download credit to the first communication device over the network.
9. The communication server system of claim 8 wherein the processing system is further configured to:
receive a caching request from the first communication device including an identification of the data; and
receive the data from the first communication device.
10. The communication server system of claim 8 wherein the first communication device is a wireless communication device.
11. The communication server system of claim 8 wherein the communications exchanged between the first communication device and the second communication device occur during a peer-to-peer session.
12. The communication server system of claim 8 wherein the processing system is also configured to create a virtual machine, and store the data on the virtual machine.
13. The communication server system of claim 8 wherein transmitting the data to the third communication device occurs during a peer-to-peer session.
14. The communication server system of claim 8 wherein monitoring communications exchanged between the first communication device and the second communication device occurs over a wireless network.