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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2018
Sling Media Llc, Foster City, CA (US);
Oleksandr Yegorov, Foster City, CA (US);
SLING MEDIA LLC, Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for automatically scheduling and carrying-out the transfer of media content to user-carried storage components in anticipation of predicted user needs. In various embodiments, the method includes the step or function of determining when an offline viewing event is forecast to occur due to an anticipated desire on behalf of the end user to view media content in a future timeframe without reliance on a network connection. When determining that an offline viewing event is forecast to occur, media transfer start conditions are established for initiating transfer of selected media content to a user-carried memory component prior to the forecast occurrence of the offline viewing event. When the media transfer start conditions are subsequently satisfied, transfer of the selected media content is initiated from a media content server, over a network, and to the user-carried memory component.