Patent ID: 7080400

Claim:
A method, comprising: (a) splitting a video file into a first piece and a second piece, the video file being a digital representation of a video; (b) moving the first piece through a cable network to a first building and storing the first piece in the first building on a first storage device, wherein the first storage device is disposed in a first set-top box; (c) moving the second piece through the cable network to a second building and storing the second piece in the second building on a second storage device, wherein the second storage device is disposed in a second set-top box; (d) moving the first piece from the first storage device through the cable network and into a third building, and storing the first piece in the third building on a third storage device, wherein the third storage device is disposed in a third set-top box; (e) moving the second piece from the second storage device through the cable network and into the third building, and storing the second piece in the third building on the third storage device; and (f) retrieving and displaying the first piece from the third storage device and substantially contiguously retrieving and displaying the second piece from the third storage device such that the video is displayed in the third building as a single unit.