System and method for downloading portions of a remotely located network object to produce a completely downloaded local copy of the network object

A system for downloading portions of a remotely located network object, comprising:

• a client;
• a server facility configured to be accessed via an electronic data network by said client and to send data corresponding to at least one portion of a network object to said client via electronic data network;
• a software delegate capable of residing on said client and configured to control an amount of said data and a size of said at least one portion of said network object to be downloaded from said server facility to said client independent of a user of said client and based solely upon an operating state of said client;
• and
• a client agent, configured to run on an automatic data processing system, to access a storage facility of said automatic data processing system, to access said server facility via said electronic data network to receive said software delegate, and to receive data from said server facility via said electronic data network in accordance with said software delegate.