Information distribution system

A method of delivering information from a first location comprising a storage component storing a first portion of information, a database storing a list of information stored in the storage component and a server, the method comprising:

• receiving at the first location from a first entity a request for the first portion of information;
• holding said request for the first portion of information for a period of time while waiting to receive subsequent requests at the first location from other entities for the first portion of information;
• reading, at the expiration of the period of time, the first portion of information;
• simultaneously transmitting the first portion of information from the first location to the first entity and any other entities that requested the first portion of information.

A content delivery system, comprising:

• a storage component storing a first portion of information;
• a database storing a list of information stored in the storage component;
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• a server adapted to receive from a first entity a request for a first portion of information and to hold said request for the first portion of information until a predetermined time while waiting to receive subsequent requests from other entities for the first portion of information, the server, at the predetermined time, accessing the storage component to read the first portion of information, the server further adapted to simultaneously transmit the first portion of information to the first entity and any other entities that requested the first portion of information.

A method of delivering information from a first location comprising a storage component storing a first portion of information, a database storing a list of information stored in the storage component and a server, the method comprising:

• receiving at the first location from a first entity a request for the first portion of information;
• holding said request until a predetermined time while waiting to receive subsequent requests at the first location from other entities for the first portion of information;
• reading, at the expiration of the period of time, the first portion of information;
• simultaneously transmitting the first portion of information from the first location to the first entity and any other entities that requested the first portion of information.