Patent ID: 8433815

Claim:
A method for delayed streaming of content comprising: A) providing plurality of network accessible memory locations for storing data representing a content object; B) receiving into a first of the plurality of network accessible memory locations data representing process portions of the content object from a first viewer device process having access to the content object data from a source; C) receiving into a second of the plurality of network accessible memory locations data representing portions of the content object from at least a second viewer device process having access to the content object data from the same or another source; D) upon receiving a request from the first viewer device process, transmitting the data representing the content object from the first network accessible memory location to the first viewer device process if the data stored in the first network accessible memory location represents a complete copy of the content object, else transmitting data representing the content object from the second network accessible memory location to the first viewer device process; and E) receiving, from each of the first and second viewer device processes, authorization for the other of the first and second viewers device processes to upload transmit data representing a content object to one of the plurality of network accessible memory locations on behalf thereof.