Patent ID: 8745154

Claim:
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform acts comprising: identifying a content item that a user of a client device has requested to download to the client device according to a predetermined schedule that includes intervals of multiple reoccurring periods; monitoring access of the content item by the user on the client device for each interval in the multiple reoccurring periods of the predetermined schedule; determining that the user does not access the content item on the client device during at least one interval of a particular period of the multiple reoccurring periods; refraining, based at least in part on the determining, from downloading the content item to the client device during the at least one interval of another period that is subsequent to the particular period; and downloading, based at least in part on the monitoring indicating that the user has accessed the content item on the client device, a next scheduled download of the content item in a prioritized order of sections of the content item, the prioritized order of the sections based at least in part on a known user preference of the sections.