Managing transport network data access

A system, comprising:

• a transport;
• and
• a server configured to determine a transport will lose a data network connection at a target time based on a route plan associated with a future location of the transport at the target time;
• determine an estimated amount of network down time until the transport regains the data network connection once the data network connection is lost;
• determine a period of time between a current time and the target time;
• when the period of time is below a threshold period of time, record one or more data segments of a data service currently used in the transport, wherein the threshold period of time is based on a type of data associated with the one or more data segments and an amount of data required to occupy the estimated amount of time until the transport regains the data network connection, and, wherein a size of the one or more data segments are estimated and recorded based on the estimated network down time and an estimated rate of speed of the transport;
• and
• initiate the recorded one or more data segments in the transport at the target time.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform:

• determining a transport will lose a data network connection at a target time based on a route plan associated with a future location of the transport at the target time;
• determining an estimated amount of network down time until the transport regains the data network connection once the data network connection is lost;
• determining a period of time between a current time and the target time;
• when the period of time is below a threshold period of time, recording one or more data segments of a data service currently used in the transport, wherein the threshold period of time is based on a type of data associated with the one or more data segments and an amount of data required to occupy the estimated amount of time until the transport regains the data network connection, and wherein a size of the one or more data segments are estimated and recorded based on the estimated network down time and an estimated rate of speed of the transport;
• and
• initiating the recorded one or more data segments in the transport at the target time.