Network availability notification in predefined travel scenarios

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to:

• receive an initial travel plan from a call recipient;
• identify network locations along a route of the initial travel plan, the network locations being geographic locations where a communications network is available to a communication device of the call recipient;
• predict predicted available time slots of the call recipient, the predicted available time slots being periods of time during which the communication device of the call recipient is predicted to be in one of the network locations along the route, the predicted available time slots having a starting time, an ending time, and a duration;
• track a current location of the call recipient;
• update the starting time, the ending time, and the duration of each of the predicted available time slots based on the current location of the call recipient;
• receive a first notification of a first incoming call intended for the call recipient;
• and
• transmit a first not available message to the communication network in response to receiving the first notification when the call recipient device is located outside of the network locations,
• wherein the first not available message comprises the starting time and the duration of one of the predicted available time slots.

A system comprising:

• a processor, a computer readable memory, and a computer readable storage medium;
• program instructions to receive an initial travel plan from a call recipient;
• program instructions to identify network locations along a route of the initial travel plan, the network locations being geographic locations where a communications network is available to a communication device of the call recipient;
• program instructions to predict predicted available time slots of the call recipient, the predicted available time slots being periods of time during which the communication device of the call recipient is predicted to be in a network location of the network locations along the route, the predicted available time slots having a starting time, an ending time, and a duration;
• program instructions to receive a first notification of a first incoming call intended for the call recipient;
• and
• program instructions to transmit a first not available message to the communication network in response to receiving the first notification when the call recipient device is located outside of the network locations,
• wherein the first not available message comprises the starting time and the duration of one of the predicted available time slots, and
• the program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the processor via the computer readable memory.