PROVIDING DIGITAL CONTENT FOR OFFLINE CONSUMPTION

摘要

A digital magazine application executing on a client device presents digital content to a user. Historical connectivity data describing connectivity between the client device and a network is obtained and is used to determine a predicted disconnection time indicating an anticipated loss of connectivity between the client device and the network. The historical connectivity is also used to determine a preload time prior to the predicted disconnection time. Content selected by the digital magazine server is communicated to the client device at the determined preload time for storage by the client device. Content may be selected for transmission based on attributes of content previously requested when the connection between the client device and network has less than a threshold bandwidth. At the preload time, for example, the client device requests a section of a digital magazine associated with content previously requested at times of low-bandwidth network connectivity.

主权项

1. A method for providing digital content to a client device, the method comprising:
obtaining historical connectivity data describing connectivity between the client device and a network; determining a predicted disconnection time associated with an anticipated loss of connectivity between the client device and the network based at least in part on the historical connectivity data; determining a preload time occurring prior to the predicted disconnection time based at least in part on the historical connectivity data; selecting content for transmission to the client device; and transmitting the selected content to the client device at the determined preload time.