Patent ID: 8214827

Claim:
A method for managing content download sessions over a global data network, the method comprising: detecting, at a download resuming server (“DRS”), the commencement of a downloading process of a content object from a content server to a remote terminal, wherein the DRS resides at an intermediate node between a plurality of content servers and a plurality of remote terminals such that a downloading process from a content server to a remote terminal is transmitted through the DRS; the DRS monitoring the downloading process; the DRS storing resuming information pertaining to the downloading process of the content object; the DRS detecting a discontinuity in the connection between the DRS and the remote terminal, wherein the discontinuity indicates that the downloading of the content object to the remote terminal has been prematurely terminated; continuing the downloading process of the content object from the content server to the DRS after detecting the discontinuity in the connection between the DRS and the remote terminal until the entire content object is downloaded from the content server; storing the entire downloaded content object, including the portion that has been downloaded after detecting the discontinuity in the connection between the DRS and the remote terminal, as resuming information pertaining to the premature termination of the downloading process of the content object to the remote terminal; and administering a resolution pertaining to the prematurely terminated downloading process.