System and method for predictive delivery of prioritized content

A device comprising:

• a processing system including a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
• aggregating predictions of requests from subscriber devices located in a region for media content to obtain a content request prediction for the region;
• analyzing the content request prediction to determine a priority order for media content items according to a number of the subscriber devices predicted to request the media content items while at a predicted future location during a predetermined future time period, the number corresponding to a predicted audience, each of the media content items having a priority based at least in part on a time remaining until a time of a largest predicted audience;
• monitoring traffic on a network used by the subscriber devices, and added traffic on the network due to copying of the media content items to a storage device on the network, to predict a period of decreased network load;
• scheduling copying of the media content items from a content server to the storage device located in the region, wherein the copying is scheduled to be performed during the predicted period of decreased network load and in accordance with the priority order;
• and
• copying the media content items to the storage device according to the scheduling.

A machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:

• aggregating predictions of requests from subscriber devices located in a region for media content to obtain a content request prediction for the region;
• analyzing the content request prediction to determine a priority order for media content items according to a number of the subscriber devices predicted to request the media content items while at a predicted future location during a predetermined future time period, the number corresponding to a predicted audience, each of the media content items having a priority based at least in part on a time remaining until a time of a largest predicted audience;
• monitoring traffic on a network used by the subscriber devices, and added traffic on the network due to copying of the media content items to a storage device on the network, to predict a period of decreased network load, the monitoring further comprising determining a currently available bandwidth for the copying of the media content items;
• scheduling copying of the media content items from a content server to the storage device located in the region, wherein the copying is scheduled to be performed during the predicted period of decreased network load and in accordance with the priority order;
• and
• copying the media content items to the storage device according to the scheduling.