Pre-fetching grid blocks by user intent

An apparatus comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that, when executed by a processing system, direct the processing system to at least:
• detect an initial user interaction with a user interface to a local model of content, wherein the content is hosted by a content service and comprises a plurality of data blocks, and wherein the local model comprises an initial data block of the plurality of data blocks previously downloaded from the content service to the local model;
• predict a subsequent user interaction with the user interface to the local model of the content based at least in part on the initial user interaction;
• identify, based at least in part on what the subsequent user interaction was predicted to be, a subsequent data block of the plurality of data blocks to download to the local model of the content in anticipation of the subsequent user interaction occurring.

A method for loading data in local models of hosted content comprising:

• in a content service, collecting telemetry data indicative of at least a plurality of past user interactions that occurred with respect to content associated with a plurality of users;
• in the content service, updating interaction rules based at least in part on the telemetry data that govern at least in part which subsequent user interactions are predicted to occur in response to initial user interactions that actually occur with respect to the content;
• and
• in the content service, communicating the interaction rules to a plurality of content applications associated with the plurality of users to apply against future user interactions.