Method and apparatus for distributed upload of content

摘要

A system and method distributed uploading of content utilizes one or more viewer systems, coupled over a network to remote content source, to upload transmit at least a portion of the content to a remote storage system along with authorization/identification indicia identifying the viewer system. In one embodiment, fractional portions of the same content program from multiple different viewer systems are aggregated at the remote storage system for subsequent download streaming to a requesting of the viewer systems for viewing thereby at a second time, which is time-shifted from the initial transmission from the content source.

主权项

1. A method for distributed delayed streaming of content comprising:
A) upload transmitting, into network accessible memory, portions of a content program from a plurality of viewers having access to the content program from source; B) assembling the uploaded portions received from the plurality of viewers into an aggregate version of the content program; C) upload transmitting, from one of the plurality of viewers, a request for downloading of the aggregate version of the content program; D) receiving, by the requesting viewer, a download transmitted copy of the aggregate version of the content program, wherein the downloaded aggregate version of the content program is larger than a portion of the content program uploaded from the requesting viewer.