Patent ID: 7376386

Claim:
A system for distributing content objects, the system comprising: a content object origination; a first content object destination, wherein the first content object destination is located at a first customer premises of a first end user of the content objects; a second content object destination, wherein the second content object destination is located at a second customer premises of a second end user of the content objects; a first communication link, wherein the first communication link communicably couples the content object origination with the first content object destination; a second communication link, wherein the second communication link communicably couples the first content object destination with the second content object destination wherein the first communication link and the second communication link include a common physical layer portion, wherein the first communication link operates at a first spectrum on the common layer portion, and wherein the second communication link operates at a second spectrum on the common physical layer portion; a local storage located at the first content object destination, wherein a content object from the content object origination is maintained on the local storage, and wherein the content object maintained on the local storage is accessible to the second content object destination.