Predictive network capacity scaling based on customer interest

A device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor when deployed in a data network, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• predicting an interest of a first customer in a video program that is scheduled to be available for consumption over the data network at a scheduled broadcast time in the future, wherein the predicting is based on customer data including at least a search pattern associated with the first customer;
• flagging the video program when the predicting indicates at least a threshold degree of likelihood that the first customer will be interested in the video program;
• and
• scaling an allocation of resources of the data network to the first customer, wherein the scaling is unscheduled and is based on the flagging, wherein the scaling comprises:
• transmitting, to an endpoint device of the first customer, a first portion of the video program from a storage of the data network in advance of the scheduled broadcast time for caching by the endpoint device until the scheduled broadcast time, wherein the first portion of the video program is less than all of the video program, and wherein a second portion of the video program is not transmitted to the endpoint device of the first customer prior to the scheduled broadcast time;
• adding a bandwidth to a localized portion of the data network in response to the flagging, wherein the bandwidth is further added in response to a prediction of an interest of a plurality of customers in the video program, wherein each of the plurality of customers is associated with the localized portion of the data network, and wherein the plurality of customers includes the first customer;
• and
• streaming, to the endpoint device of the first customer in accordance with the bandwidth that is added, the second portion of the video program from a live broadcast during the scheduled broadcast time, wherein the video program is a single program.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor when deployed in a data network, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• predicting an interest of a first customer in a video program that is scheduled to be available for consumption over the data network at a scheduled broadcast time in the future, wherein the predicting is based on customer data including at least a search pattern associated with the first customer;
• flagging the video program when the predicting indicates at least a threshold degree of likelihood that the first customer will be interested in the video program;
• and
• scaling an allocation of resources of the data network to the first customer, wherein the scaling is unscheduled and is based on the flagging, wherein the scaling comprises:
• transmitting, to an endpoint device of the first customer, a first portion of the video program from a storage of the data network in advance of the scheduled broadcast time for caching by the endpoint device until the scheduled broadcast time, wherein the first portion of the video program is less than all of the video program, and wherein a second portion of the video program is not transmitted to the endpoint device of the first customer prior to the scheduled broadcast time;
• adding a bandwidth to a localized portion of the data network in response to the flagging, wherein the bandwidth is further added in response to a prediction of an interest of a plurality of customers in the video program, wherein each of the plurality of customers is associated with the localized portion of the data network, and wherein the plurality of customers includes the first customer;
• and
• streaming, to the endpoint device of the first customer in accordance with the bandwidth that is added, the second portion of the video program from a live broadcast during the scheduled broadcast time, wherein the video program is a single program.