DATA DELIVERY VIA A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

The present disclosure relates to the delivery of data or over a communications network. In a preferred form it relates to the delivery of data, such as media content, software or application updates and web content, to devices such as smartphones, tablets and notebook computers. In an embodiment, the system 100 includes one or more recipient devices (e.g. 102a, 102b, 102c) for receiving data and a data deliverer 104 communicatively coupled to the one or more recipient devices (e.g. 102a, 102b, 102c) via a communications network 106. The one or more recipient devices (e.g. 102a, 102b and 102c) and the data deliverer 104 may be located remotely from one another. In an embodiment, the data deliverer 104 is configured to perform a method 200 including steps 202, 204, 206 and 208. At step 202, the data deliverer 104 determines a schedule of data delivery. At step 204, the data deliverer 104 schedules in accordance with the schedule the one or more recipient devices to pre-position data to facilitate deferred consumption. At step 206, the data deliverer 104 obtains data from a data provider. At step 208, the data deliverer 104 delivers the obtained data to the one or more recipient devices to be pre-positioned to facilitate deferred consumption in the respective one or more recipient devices in accordance with the schedule.