System and method for downloading content associated with optical media

An article of manufacture comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable medium;
• and
• computer-executable instructions carried on the non-transitory computer readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to:
• determine a size of an item of content associated with an optical medium to be downloaded to an information handling system from a content provider;
• determine a download speed of a network connection between the information handling system and the content provider;
• based at least on the download speed of the network connection, determine a fractional download size corresponding with a desired download time at the download speed of the network connection;
• download a plurality of portions of the content from the content provider, each portion less than or substantially equal in file size than the fractional download size, wherein at least two of the plurality of portions are downloaded substantially in parallel;
• and
• combine each of the plurality of portions at the information handling system such that the combination is substantially similar to the item of content.

An information handling system comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory communicatively coupled to the processor;
• and
• computer-executable instructions carried on a computer readable medium, the instructions readable by the one or more processors, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the one or more processors to:
• determine a size of an item of content associated with an optical medium to be downloaded to an information handling system from a content provider;
• determine a download speed of a network connection between the information handling system and the content provider;
• based at least on the download speed of the network connection, determine a fractional download size corresponding with a desired download time at the download speed of the network connection;
• download a plurality of portions of the content from the content provider, each portion less than or substantially equal in file size than the fractional download size, wherein at least two of the plurality of portions are downloaded substantially in parallel;
• and
• combine each of the plurality of portions at the information handling system such that the combination is substantially similar to the item of content.