Generating a pre-caching schedule based on forecasted content requests

US10117058B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Lee Begeja · Gillette, US
• David Crawford Gibbon · Lincroft, US
• Raghuraman Gopalan · Dublin, US
• Zhu Liu · Marlboro, US
• Yadong Mu · Beijing, CN
• Bernard S. Renger · New Providence, US
• Behzad Shahraray · Holmdel, US
• Eric Zavesky · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 23, 2016
• Grant date: Oct 30, 2018
• Expiry date: Aug 17, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/60
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method includes accessing information identifying user devices, and accessing media consumption data indicating content requests corresponding to the user devices. The method also includes determining expected locations of the user devices based on the information, and determining forecasted content requests based on the media consumption data. The method further includes generating a pre-caching schedule based on the forecasted content requests and the expected locations, and determining that the pre-caching schedule indicates that particular media data is to be provided via a multicast transmission to a first user device and to a second user device. The method also includes sending an instruction to the first user device directing the first user device to store the particular media data. The method includes sending, responsive to a request from the second user device, the particular media data via the multicast transmission to the first user device and to the second user device.