Patent ID: 8296385

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a computer system having a network interface connection, a data storage device operatively coupled to said network interface connection and an away button; wherein said away button, in response to selective activation by a user, signals a master distribution server through said network interface connection an initiation and a termination of an interval of non-use of said computer system by the user, and registers said computer system with the master distribution server, wherein the registering of the computer advises the master distribution server of any software already stored on the data storage device which is available for distribution in a peer to peer distribution of software by sending packet data indicating applications it is capable of distributing and a time interval available for assignment; and wherein said computer system and said network interface connection remain active and respond to directions from the master distribution server during the signaled interval of non-use of said system by the user to receive network communications engaging said system in a peer to peer distribution of software to receive and store software from the master distribution server on said data storage device and distribute at least one of the already stored software and the received software to another client system through a pathway assigned to said computer system by the master distribution server in response to an instruction packet from the master distribution server.