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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2012
Opanga Networks, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
John M. Burnette, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan Clark, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey P. Harrang, Sammamish, WA (US);
David B. Gibbons, Redmond, WA (US);
OPANGA NETWORKS, INC., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for determining or 'predicting' which media content files are popular or will be popular, and based on that determination, pre-delivering or 'pre-positioning' media content files to user devices automatically and without intervention from users so that the media content will be already stored on users' devices when they later select the media content for viewing. The determination of a media content file's popularity may be based on one or more combinations of content statistics (e.g., view count, viewing rate, etc.). The decision to pre-position a media content file may also be based on user profile information (e.g., viewing history). The pre-positioning may be accomplished using transport technology that avoids further burdening the network, such as delivering in real-time using available surplus network capacity.