Configurable digital content storage

An apparatus comprising:

• a memory configured to store instructions;
• a data port;
• and
• a processor configured to execute one or more of the instructions to:
• initiate a client/server function within the apparatus, wherein the client/server function defines a first network address,
• receive a first request for acquiring first digital content and a second request for acquiring second digital content, wherein the first request indicates that the first digital content is to be stored on a storage device coupled to the data port and the second request indicates that the second digital content is to be forwarded to a user device external to the apparatus, and wherein the user device is associated with a second network address that differs from the first network address,
• modify the first request to include the first network address,
• forward the modified first request to a multicast device, wherein the first digital content is multicast to a group of network addresses, and wherein the modified first request causes the multicast device to include the first network address in the group of network addresses,
• receive the first digital content and the second digital content, wherein the apparatus and storage device are located at a customer premises, and wherein at least one of the first digital content and the second digital content are sent from a source that is external to the customer premises,
• establish, based on receiving the first request and the second request, a first path toward the first network address and a second path toward the second network address,
• forward the first digital content to the storage device via the first path,
• forward the second digital content toward the user device via the second path,
• receive, from the user device, a third request for accessing the first digital content from the storage device,
• establish, based on receiving the third request, a third path between the first network address and the second network address, and
• forward the first digital content from the storage device to the user device via the third path, wherein the processor, when forwarding the first digital content from the storage device to the user device, is further configured to:
• forward a portion of the first digital content to the user device;
• and
• store metadata identifying the portion of the first digital content forwarded to the user device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium to store instructions, the instructions including:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
• initiate a client/server function within an apparatus, wherein the client/server function defines a first network address;
• receive a first request for acquiring first digital content and a second request for acquiring second digital content, wherein the first request indicates that the first digital content is to be stored on a storage device coupled to a data port included in the apparatus and the second request indicates that the second digital content is to be forwarded to a user device external to the apparatus, and wherein the user device is associated with a second network address that differs from the first network address;
• modify the first request to include the first network address;
• forward the modified first request to a multicast device, wherein the first digital content is multicast to a group of network addresses, and wherein the modified first request causes the multicast device to include the first network address in the group of network addresses;
• receive the first digital content and the second digital content, wherein the apparatus and storage device are located at a customer premises, and wherein at least one of the first digital content and the second digital content are sent from a source that is external to the customer premises;
• establish, based on receiving the first request and the second request, a first path toward the first network address and a second path toward the second network address,
• forward the first digital content to the storage device via the first path;
• forward the second digital content toward the user device via the second path;
• receive, from the user device, a third request for accessing the first digital content from the storage device;
• establish, based on receiving the third request, a third path between the first network address and the second network address;
• and
• forward the first digital content from the storage device to the user device via the third path, wherein the one or more instructions further cause the processor, when forwarding the first digital content from the storage device to the user device, to:
• forward a portion of the first digital content to the user device;
• and
• store metadata identifying the portion of the first digital content forwarded to the user device.