Patent ID: 6928463

Claim:
A browser plug-in comprising: a Personal-Content Tunnel (PCT) object processor to process a PCT object (PCTO) returned by a content server in response to a request from a client, the PCTO containing PCT information; PCT resolution module coupled to the PCT object processor to resolve a service uniform resource identifier (URI) using the PCT information according to a PCT resolution protocol, the service URI identifying a PCT resolution server; a server interface to receive a content URI and a PCT termination point resolved by the PCT resolution server; and a session initiator to initiate a content delivery session between the client and a local node using a carrier tunnel identified by a carrier type identifier, the local node providing access to a content delivered from the content server; wherein the local node is one of a first local content host and a broadband service node, the first local content host caching the content, the broadband service node connecting to one of a second local content host caching the content and the content server via a content server tunnel.