Method and apparatus for delivery of media content

A device, comprising:

• a processing system including a processor;
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• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
• determining a video viewing profile for a user of a communication device associated with a network according to user profile information associated with the user;
• identifying recommended video clips for the user of the communication device from a plurality of video clips according to the video viewing profile of the user and video subject matter information associated with the plurality of video clips, wherein the recommended video clips comprise a first set of video clips that corresponds to a first geographic location and that is determined to have a high probability of being requested by the user when the user is located at the first geographic location, and a second set of video clips that corresponds to a second geographic location and that is determined to have a high probability of being requested by the user when the user is located at the second geographic location, and wherein the identifying the recommended video clips comprises identifying the first set of video clips and the second set of video clips according to an indication in the user profile information that the user is interested in different content at the first geographic location and the second geographic location;
• identifying an edge cloud server for facilitating access to the network by the communication device at the first geographic location;
• determining a reduced activity period associated with a data path between a video content server and the edge cloud server by comparing activity information associated with the data path and an activity threshold;
• directing, based on the identifying the recommended video clips, the video content server to preload the first set of video clips to the edge cloud server during the reduced activity period, wherein the identifying the recommended video clips and the directing the video content server to preload the first set of video clips to the edge cloud server are performed independently of a user request for video clips and enable the user to request, via the communication device, for a particular video clip in the first set of video clips when the user is located at the first geographic location and to receive, via the communication device, the particular video clip from the edge cloud server without requiring access to the video content server;
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• providing a listing of the recommended video clips to an application at the communication device, wherein the communication device receives a first video clip of the first set of video clips from the edge cloud server responsive to a selection of the first video clip via the application.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• identifying recommended video clips for a user of a communication device from a plurality of video clips according to a video viewing profile for the user and video subject matter information associated with the plurality of video clips, wherein the recommended video clips comprise a first set of video clips that corresponds to a first location and that is determined to have a high probability of being requested by the user when the user is located at the first location, and a second set of video clips that corresponds to a second location and that is determined to have a high probability of being requested by the user when the user is located at the second location, and wherein the identifying the recommended video clips comprises identifying the first set of video clips and the second set of video clips according to an indication in user profile information associated with the user that the user is interested in different content at the first location and the second location;
• identifying an edge cloud server for facilitating access to a network by the communication device at the first location;
• determining a reduced activity period associated with a data path between a video content server and the edge cloud server by comparing activity information associated with the data path and an activity threshold;
• directing, based on the identifying the recommended video clips, the video content server to preload the first set of video clips to the edge cloud server during the reduced activity period, wherein the identifying the recommended video clips and the directing the video content server to preload the first set of video clips to the edge cloud server are performed independently of a user request for video clips and enable the user to request, via the communication device, for a particular video clip in the first set of video clips when the user is located at the first location and to receive, via the communication device, the particular video clip from the edge cloud server without requiring access to the video content server;
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• providing a listing of the recommended video clips to an application at the communication device, wherein the communication device receives a video clip of the first set of video clips from the edge cloud server responsive to a selection of the video clip via the application.