PRE-CACHED STREAMING CONTENT METHOD AND APPARATUS

摘要

A communication device (400) responds to detecting a likely streaming content downloading event by dynamically determining (102) an amount of the streaming content to locally pre-cache prior to detecting an instruction (105) to download the streaming content and to then pre-cache (104) that amount. This determination can be based (201) on a likely period of delay between detecting the instruction to download the streaming content and being able to being providing the streaming content to a user of the communication device. If desired, this determination can further be based (202) upon a potentially less favorable period of delay. In the latter case, if desired, the pre-cached streaming content as corresponds to a period of time between the likely period of delay and the less favorable period of delay can have an intentionally reduced quality as compared to the pre-cached streaming content as corresponds to the likely period of delay.