Residential cache appliance utilizing a social network

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors configured to:
• receive, an indication to share a content item associated with a residential cache appliance and a first social networking account, wherein the residential cache appliance is at least in part managed in association with the first social networking account;
• associate a network address of the residential cache appliance with the content item;
• maintain a cache map of available residential cache appliances to implement a distributed cache store, wherein for one or more of the available residential cache appliances, the cache map identifies an associated social networking account, an associated network address, associated cache appliance stored content items, and an associated setting;
• receive from a requester device associated with a second social networking account, a request for the content item;
• and
• in response to the request, directing, based at least in part on the cache map, the requester device to the residential cache appliance to obtain at least a portion of the content item;
• and
• memory coupled to the one or more processors.

A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

• receiving an indication to share a content item associated with a residential cache appliance and a first social networking account, wherein the residential cache appliance is at least in part managed in association with the first social networking account;
• associating a network address of the residential cache appliance with the content item;
• maintaining a cache map of available residential cache appliances to implement a distributed cache store, wherein for one or more of the available residential cache appliances, the cache map identifies at least an associated social networking account, an associated network address, associated cache appliance stored content items, and an associated setting;
• receiving from a requester device associated with a second social networking account, a request for the content item;
• and
• in response to the request, directing based at least in part on the cache map, the requester device to the residential cache appliance to obtain at least a portion of the content item.