Patent ID: 8001217

Claim:
One or more tangible non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon to perform a method for providing content to client devices over a network, said method comprising: storing one or more items of content for transmission to one or more of said client devices, wherein at least a portion of said client devices are configured to submit one or more user requests to receive at least one of said one or more items of content; selecting at least one of said one or more items of content in anticipation of at least one of said one or more user requests; identifying, by way of one or more devices on said network, one or more client devices within a cell or group of cells to receive, via a group delivery, said selected one or more items of content, wherein at least a portion of the identified one or more client devices did not invite or request transmission of the selected one or more items of content; transmitting, via the group delivery, the selected at least one item of content over a wireless communication channel to the identified one or more client devices; and incident to receiving at least a portion of the group delivery, determining, by at least a portion of the client devices, when a client device is configured to store the transmission of said selected at least one item of content, wherein said determining includes accessing historic user behavior so as to infer user-defined preferences indicating whether said selected at least one item of content should be stored on the client device, in accordance with said device's available resources.