System and method for storing and delivering digital content

A system for storing a digital content of a content provider for subsequent delivery to an end user, the system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory for storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
• determining a need for storing the digital content on an ElasticSwarm;
• dynamically creating the ElasticSwarm based on the need wherein the ElasticSwarm comprises at least one of a plurality of registered stationary networked storage (SNS) devices available for creation of the ElasticSwarm for the content provider, wherein dynamically creating the ElasticSwarm comprises:
• determining a set of the plurality of registered SNS devices for creation of the ElasticSwarm for the content provider based on one or more parameters of each of the plurality of registered SNS devices;
• determining the availability of the at least one of the plurality of registered SNS devices available for creation of the ElasticSwarm for the content provider based on communication among the set of the plurality of registered SNS devices;
• and
• creating a private communication tunnel among the at least one of the plurality of registered SNS devices available for creation of the ElasticSwarm for the content provider, wherein the one or more parameters comprise at least one of a geographic location, a maximum availability time, a committed storage size, a nature of the IP address, a network speed, an active swarm participation count, a type of storage device, a system resource utilization, and a system resource availability;
• segmenting the digital content into a plurality of parts;
• and
• uploading each of the plurality of parts of the digital content along with a corresponding identification on the at least one of the plurality of registered SNS devices.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for storing a digital content of a content provider for subsequent delivery to an end user, wherein upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors, the processors perform operations comprising:

• determining a need for storing the digital content on an ElasticSwarm;
• dynamically creating the ElasticSwarm based on the need, wherein the ElasticSwarm comprises at least one of a plurality of registered stationary networked storage (SNS) devices available for creation of the ElasticSwarm for the content provider, wherein dynamically creating the ElasticSwarm comprises:
• determining a set of the plurality of registered SNS devices for creation of the ElasticSwarm for the content provider based on one or more parameters of each of the plurality of registered SNS devices;
• determining the availability of the at least one of the plurality of registered SNS devices available for creation of the ElasticSwarm for the content provider based on communication among the set of the plurality of registered SNS devices;
• and
• creating a private communication tunnel among the at least one of the plurality of registered SNS devices available for creation of the ElasticSwarm for the content provider, wherein the one or more parameters comprise at least one of a geographic location, a maximum-availability time, a committed storage size, a nature of the IP address, a network speed, an active swarm participation count, a type of storage device, a system resource utilization, and a system resource availability;
• segmenting the digital content into a plurality of parts;
• and
• uploading each of the plurality of parks of the digital content along with a corresponding identification on the at least one of the plurality of registered SNS devices.