Patent ID: 7849207

Claim:
A system comprising: one or more remote sites, each remote site having one or more assigned client content providers, the remote site comprising: an ingest server ingesting digital content in an upload operation to upload the digital content from a client content provider assigned to the remote site, one or more ingest queue servers from a central site geographically remote from the remote site directing transfer of the ingested digital content from the ingest server to one or more first servers based on information identifying the client content provider of the ingested digital content, the one or more first servers storing the ingested digital content, wherein at least one media server is coupled to the one or more first servers, and the at least one media server is configured to receive a user request and to read the at least a portion of the stored ingested digital content, and in response to the user request, at least one media server providing at least a portion of the stored digital content to the user; and the central site servicing all of the client content providers assigned to the one or more remote sites and comprising the one or more ingest queue servers that direct, as part of the upload operation, the transfer of digital content ingested by the ingest server to the one or more first servers of the remote site assigned to the client content provider that is uploading the digital content.