Patent ID: 7908362

Claim:
A method for the delivery of digital data to an end user from a network comprising at least two different data sources, each of the at least two different data sources having at least one parameter and whereby the at least two data sources have substantially identical copies of the digital data comprising portions and are connected to the end user, the method comprising: receiving a list of a subset of the at least two data sources; selecting based on the list one or more of the subset of at least two data sources; delivering at least a portion of the digital data from the selected ones of the at least two data sources to the end user; monitoring the at least one parameter for the delivery of the digital data to the end user; and adjusting a configuration of the selected ones of the at least two data sources based on of the monitored at least one parameter such that a combined configuration of the configurations of the selected ones of the at least two data sources matches a specification; wherein the at least one parameter comprises a cost of delivery of the digital data to the end user.