Media content download time

1. A system comprising:

a memory to store machine readable instructions; and

a processing unit to access the memory, and execute the machine readable instructions, the machine readable instructions comprising:

a scheduling agent to continuously monitor a consumer network usage pattern on a network at a consumer device for downloading selected media content and continuously monitor a provider network usage pattern on a network at the content provider to determine a download time for selected media content from a content provider, wherein the download time is determined by machine learning based on:

a viewing time of the selected media content;

an amount of network bandwidth available to a consumer device for downloading the selected media content;

a provider network usage pattern; and

a consumer network usage pattern; and

a download agent to initiate a download of the selected media content at the determined download time, wherein the selected media content contains digital rights management features.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the download time is also determined based on metadata that characterizes a size of the selected media content.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the consumer network usage pattern indicates that the download time has an expected relatively low network usage.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the continuously monitored network usage pattern comprises a peak activity of the home network.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the expected relatively low network usage represents a network traffic amount that is less than fifty percent of the peak activity.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the download time is at least 24 hours later than a time at which the selected media content is selected.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a graphical user interface to select the selected media content from a media library at the content provider.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the download time is determined based on a download parameter that includes a time constraint based on user input for the download time.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the download time comprises a plurality of download times.

10. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a display output to output the selected media content in response to user input.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the consumer network usage pattern is continuously monitored over an extended period of time comprising at least 120 hours.

12. A method comprising:

receiving selected media content for download from a content provider;

receiving a selected viewing time for the selected media content;

continuously monitoring a consumer network usage pattern on a network at a consumer device for downloading the selected media content;

continuously monitoring a provider network usage pattern at a network of the content provider;

determining a download time for the selected media content based on:

the consumer network usage pattern;

the provider network usage pattern;

an amount of network bandwidth available between the content provider and the consumer device; and

the selected viewing time; and

initiating a download of the selected media content at the determined download time, wherein the selected media content contains digital rights management features.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the selected viewing time is at least 24 hours after selecting the selected media content.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the download time comprises a plurality of download times.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the continuously monitored network usage pattern comprises a relatively low activity of the provider network and a peak activity of the provider network, wherein the relatively low activity represents less than fifty percent of the peak activity.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the machine learning comprises one of:

a rule-based logic system;

a neural network;

a statistical classifier;

a naive Bayesian network;

multi-linear regression;

non-linear regression; and

ensemble learning.

17. A system comprising:

a display output that provides video data to a display;

a memory to store machine readable instructions;

a processing unit to access the memory and execute the machine readable instructions, the machine readable instructions comprising:

a graphical user interface (GUI) to:

select media content in a media library of a content provider in response to user input; and

select a viewing time for the selected media content;

a scheduling agent to:

continuously monitor a consumer network usage pattern on a network at a consumer device for downloading the selected media content;

continuously monitor a provider network usage pattern on a network at the content provider;

determine an available network bandwidth between the content provider and the system; and

determine a download time for the selected media content, wherein the download time is based on:

the consumer network usage pattern,

the provider network usage pattern,

the selected viewing time,

the available network bandwidth between the content provider and the system; and

a download agent to initiate a download of the selected media content at the determined download time, wherein the selected media content contains digital rights management features.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the selected media content has a resolution of full high definition, ultra-high definition or quad ultra-high definition.