Patent ID: 8243596

Claim:
A method comprising: storing content data at a content processor coupled between one or more subscribers and a computer network, wherein the content processor is to be located at an edge of the computer network and prior to a point of aggregation and wherein the point of aggregation is between the edge of the computer network and the one or more subscribers; processing the stored content data in accordance with one or more attributes of a requesting subscriber in response to a request for the content data, wherein the content processor is to determine whether the requested content data is stored locally prior to requesting the content data from a content service provider coupled to the computer network; and binding a plurality of content processors, at the edge of the computer network, in a grid configuration across the computer network to allow for sharing of multiple computing resources amongst the plurality of content processors, wherein one or more of the plurality of the content processors, at the edge of the computer network, are to customize a service, transmitted to the edge of the computer network, for the one or more subscribers.