Vivint Assigned Patent

Vivint, Inc., Provo, UT, has been assigned a patent (11792292) developed by Ross, Kevin, Saratoga Springs, UT, for “content storage and processing in network base stations and methods for content delivery in a Mesh network.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A system includes a base station having a local storage device and a local processor, and providing a cell in a network for one or more clients communicatively connected to the base station. A content distribution module of the system is configured to store a local copy of a digital content item. A remote copy of the digital content item is stored on a remote computing device. A content request module of the system is configured to receive a request for the digital content item. A content serving module of the system is configured to identify at least one secondary source other than the remote computing device and the base station that stores a secondary copy of the digital content item, determine which of the local, remote and secondary copies of the digital content item may be delivered in a least amount of time, and deliver that copy.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-01-07 (16/736564).