Distributed storage of audio/video content

An apparatus for playing audio/video programs using a bank of networked audio/video players, said apparatus comprising:

• a. means for storing a first portion of an audio/video program on a first audio/video player in a bank of networked audio/video players;
• b. means for storing a second portion of the audio/video program on a second audio/video player in the bank of networked audio/video players;
• c. means for inputting an instruction to play the audio/video program in the first audio/video player;
• d. means for, in response to the instruction input by said means (c) transferring the second portion of the audio/video program from the second audio/video player to the first audio video player and causing the audio/video program to be played on the first audio/video player;
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• e. means for loading the audio/video program into the bank of networked audio/video players and means for automatically dividing the audio/video program into the first portion and the second portion upon said loading.

An apparatus for playing audio/video programs using a bank of networked audio/video players, said method comprising:

• a. means for storing a first portion of an audio/video program on a first audio/video player in a bank of networked audio/video players;
• b. means for storing a second portion of the audio/video program on a second audio/video player in the bank of networked audio/video players;
• c. means for inputting an instruction to play, in the first audio/video player, a composition that includes the audio/video program;
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• d. means for, in response to the instruction input by said means (c), automatically transferring the second portion of the audio/video program from the second audio/video player to the first audio video player and causing the audio/video program to be played on the first audio/video player.

An apparatus for playing audio/video programs using a bank of networked audio/video players, said method comprising:

• a. means for storing a first portion of an audio/video program on a first audio/video player in a bank of networked audio/video players;
• b. means for storing a second portion of the audio/video program on a second audio/video player in the bank of networked audio/video players;
• c. means for inputting an instruction to play, in the first audio/video player, a composition that includes the audio/video program;
• d. means for, in response to the instruction input by said means (c) transferring the second portion of the audio/video program from the second audio/video player to the first audio video player and causing the audio/video program to be played on the first audio/video player;
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• e. means for loading the audio/video program into the bank of networked audio/video players and means for automatically dividing the audio/video program into the first portion and the second portion upon said loading.

A method of playing audio/video programs using a bank of networked audio/video players, said method comprising:

• a. storing a first portion of an audio/video program on a first audio/video player in a bank of networked audio/video players;
• storing a second portion of the audio/video program on a second audio/video player in the bank of networked audio/video players;
• c. inputting an instruction to play the audio/video program in the first audio/video player;
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• d. in response to step (c), automatically transferring the second portion of the audio/video program from the second audio/video player to the first audio video player and causing the audio/video program to be played on the first audio/video player.

A system for playing audio/video programs using a bank of networked audio/video players, said system comprising:

• at least one computer-readable medium storing computer-executable process steps;
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• at least one processor configured to retrieve and execute said computer-executable process steps,
• wherein said process steps comprise steps to:
• a. store a first portion of an audio/video program on a first audio/video player in a bank of networked audio/video players;
• b. store a second portion of the audio/video program on a second audio/video player in the bank of networked audio/video players;
• c. input an instruction to play, in the first audio/video player, a composition that includes the audio/video program;
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• d. in response to the instruction input by said step (c), automatically transfer the second portion of the audio/video program from the second audio/video player to the first audio video player and cause the audio/video program to be played on the first audio/video player.