Device, system and method for pre-caching media content for home entertainment devices and gateways

A system for enabling prompt presentation of remotely located content thereon, said system comprising:

• at least one remote network content device, said remote network content device storing at least one content remotely accessible by other devices on a network;
• and
• at least one target network content device, said target network content device comprising
• a non-volatile memory storage adapted for pre-caching a portion of said at least one remotely accessible content, stored in said at least one remote network content device, to said at least one target network content device;
• and
• a presentation unit adapted for presenting all or part of said pre-cached content, and trailing the presented pre-cached content into a directly accessed stream of data corresponding to the next sequential portion of said at least one remotely accessible content.

A method for enabling prompt presentation of remotely located content on a target network content device, said method comprising:

• pre-caching a portion of said remotely located content in a memory storage of a target network content device, said remotely located content residing on a remote network content device;
• presenting all or part of said pre-cached content at said target network content device;
• and
• trailing the presented pre-content into a directly accessed stream of data corresponding to the next sequential portion of said remotely located content at said target network content device.

A method for enabling prompt presentation of remotely located content on a target network content device, said method comprising:

• pre-caching a portion of said remotely located content in a memory storage of a target network content device, said remotely located content residing on an Internet server;
• presenting all or part of said pre-cached content at said target network content device;
• and
• trailing the presented pre-content into a directly accessed stream of data corresponding to the next sequential portion of said remotely located content at said target network content device.