Patent ID: 8706886

Claim:
A method of digital content sharing between a providing user and a requesting user in a peer-to-peer fashion, wherein the providing user and the requesting user are respectively connected to providing access networks and to a requesting access network and wherein at least one transport network is interposed between said access networks, comprising: archiving digital contents by the providing user into a first virtual remote user storage area associated with the providing user, said first virtual remote user storage area including at least a portion of a shared storage area of a first network storage server, said first network storage server belonging to the providing access network and linked to the at least one transport network, wherein the first virtual remote user storage area is physically located on the first network storage server and remotely with respect to the providing user; transferring said digital contents via said at least one transport network from said first virtual remote user storage area associated with the providing access network to a second virtual remote user storage area associated with the requesting access network on the basis of at least one of a connectivity available on the transport network and a requirement associated with the requesting user, the transferring occurring under management of a control module of the transport network, wherein said management comprises providing access to content, managing, scheduling and optimizing transfers between said user storage areas, and policy management; and making available the digital contents for access by the requesting user on the second virtual remote user storage area, wherein the second virtual remote user storage area is associated with the requesting user, said second virtual remote user storage area including at least a portion of a shared storage area of a second network storage server, said second network storage server belonging to the requesting access network and linked with the at least one transport network, the making available occurring under management of the control module of the transport network, wherein said management comprises providing access to content, scheduling and optimizing transfers between said user storage areas, and policy management.