Patent ID: 8856278

Claim:
A system for storing and retrieving pervasive and mobile content comprising: a controller; a plurality of storage devices, said plurality of storage devices including a first storage device located in a first geographic area and a second storage device located in a second geographic area, said plurality of storage devices being operatively coupled to said controller, each storage device of said plurality of said storage devices further comprising: a storage device component housing; an interface; a network module, said network module including a wireless local area network transmitter; a hard disk drive identity module; a software module; an encryption module; a hard drive I/O controller; and a host, said host being operably coupled to said controller, wherein said host is configured to request a data block from said controller, said controller is configured to determine a location of storage of said data block, transfer the data block from a storage device of said plurality of storage devices which has stored the data block and transfer the data block to a storage device of said plurality of storage devices that is located in proximity to said host, wherein said storage device located in proximity to said host is configured to stream said data block to said host via said wireless local area network transmitter.