User device ad-hoc distributed caching of content

A system, comprising:

• at least one communication interface configured to connect to a network and to:
• receive a user election of participation in a distributed cache service, and
• receive a user selection of one or more devices, that are each associated with the user, to register with the distributed cache service as participant nodes, wherein the participant nodes include cache applications that facilitate caching chunks of content for one or more user devices;
• and
• at least one processing unit configured to:
• determine an amount of available storage offered to the distributed cache service for reach of the one or more devices;
• determine an available bandwidth of a respective network connection associated with each of the one or more devices;
• admit selected devices of the one or more devices as participant noes into the distributed cache based on the available storage and the available bandwidth for each of the selected devices;
• interleave storage of multiple chunks of content across a subset of the participant nodes admitted into the distributed cache service;
• and
• enable client access to the multiple chunks of content interleaved across the subset of the participant nodes.

A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable by a device, wherein the instructions comprise instructions to:

• receive a user election of participation in a distributed cache service;
• receive a user selection of one or more devices, that are each associated with the user, to register with the distributed cache service as participant nodes, wherein the participant nodes include cache applications that facilitate caching chunks of content;
• determine an amount of available storage offered to the distributed cache service for each of the one or more devices;
• determine an available bandwidth of a respective network connection associated with each of the one or more devices;
• admit selected devices of the one or more devices as participant nodes into the distributed cache service based on the available storage and the available bandwidth for each of the selected devices;
• interleave storage of multiple chunks of content across a subset of the participant nodes admitted into the distributed cache service;
• and
• enable client access to the multiple chunks of content interleaved across the subset of the participant nodes.