Patent ID: 8005483

Claim:
A method of responding to a resource request of a mobile user, the method comprising: receiving first and second location indicators for the mobile user, each of the first and second location indicators having a time associated therewith; calculating a mobile vector of the mobile user using the first and second location indicators; associating the mobile vector with a first network region and a second network region; determining a first data rate available for transmission of data to the mobile user in the first network region; determining a second data rate available for transmission of data to the mobile user in the second network region; calculating a first portion and a second portion of the requested resource using the mobile vector and at least one of the first and second data rates; sending the first portion of the requested resource to a first storage device in the first network region; sending the second portion of the requested resource to a second storage device in the second network region; sending the first portion of the requested resource to the user when the user is in the first network region; sending the second portion of the requested resource to the user when the user is in the second network region; and receiving at least one acknowledgement from the mobile user confirming receipt thereby of the first and second portions of the requested resource.