Intelligent download of content

A user device, comprising:

• at least one processor configured to:
• receive a request for content from a user;
• download a first quality version of the content from a content server in response to the receiving the request;
• play the first quality version of the content on the user device;
• in response to the playing, determine a second quality version of the content among a plurality of quality versions of the content to download based on a future time slot when the user intends to playback the content, wherein a resolution of the second quality version of the content is greater than a resolution of the first quality version of the content;
• in response to the determining, request the second quality version of the content;
• download the second quality version of the content in response to the requesting the second quality version of the content;
• discontinue the downloading of the first quality version of the content based on the downloading of the second quality version of the content;
• and
• play the second quality version of the content on the user device at a point in the content where the downloading of the first quality version of the content was discontinued.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a request for content from a user;
• downloading a first quality version of the content from a content server in response to the receiving the request;
• playing the first quality version of the content on the at least one computing device;
• in response to the playing, determining a second quality version of the content among a plurality of quality versions of the content to download based on a future time slot when the user intends to playback the content, wherein a resolution of the second quality version of the content is greater than a resolution of the first quality version of the content;
• in response to the determining, requesting the second quality version of the content;
• downloading the second quality version of the content in response to the requesting the second quality version of the content;
• discontinuing the downloading of the first quality version of the content based on the downloading of the second quality version of the content;
• and
• playing the second quality version of the content on the at least one computing device at a point in the content where the downloading of the first quality version of the content was discontinued.