Predictive precaching of data based on context

摘要

A device and method for predictively precaching content on a mobile communication device includes monitoring numerous data sources for contextual data on the activities of the user. The mobile communication device predicts network connectivity outages and affected applications using the contextual data. The mobile communication device notifies the affected applications of the predicted network connectivity outage, and in response the affected applications precache suitable content. The affected applications may employ several precaching strategies in response to the notification, such as downloading content from a remote content server, adjusting content streaming, or adjusting content buffering prior to the predicted network connectivity outage. During the network outage, application service is provided using the precached content. Such precaching may also be accomplished using a local caching proxy server.

主权项

1. A mobile communication device to predictively precache data, the mobile communication device comprising:
a contextual engine to monitor contextual data of a user of the mobile communication device; and a prediction engine to:
predict a network connectivity outage associated with a computer network using the contextual data;predict an application affected by the network connectivity outage using the contextual data, wherein the application comprises a computer program that accesses content via the computer network; andcause the affected application to apply a precaching strategy to precache content prior to the network connectivity outage.