Method and apparatus for coverage determination and download opportunity notification

A method for content coverage determination and download opportunity, the method comprising:

• receiving, by an application operating on a mobile device, a travel path from a map application on the mobile device, wherein the travel path has a start point and an end point;
• receiving, by the application, network coverage information from a server based on the travel path and mobile device specifications sent by the application;
• generating, by the application, a list of content applications running on the mobile device;
• pushing, by the application to a user of the mobile device, an outage notification of a network outage based on the network coverage information;
• opening, on the mobile device, a user interface to display the list of content applications in response to user input based on the outage notification;
• receiving, by the application from the user, content download selections in response to the outage notification;
• and
• providing, by the application, signals to one or more content applications to download content prior to the network outage in response to the content download selections from the user based on the outage notification.

A mobile device comprising:

• a display;
• an application;
• and
• a processor configured to run the application, wherein the application is configured to:
• obtain a route from a map service provided on the mobile device, wherein the itinerary has a start point and an end point;
• obtain a coverage profile from a coverage server based on the route and mobile device specifications;
• obtain a list of media applications which are provided on the mobile device;
• provide an outage alert for a network coverage gap on the display based on the coverage profile;
• display the list of the media applications in response to user clicking on the outage alert;
• receive content download selections using the list of media applications in response to the outage alert;
• and
• instruct one or more of the listed media applications to download content prior to the network coverage gap in response to the content download selections from the user.