Abstract: A system and method is presented for automated negotiation for and allocation of a broadcast satellite, communication, and caching system resource, involving establishing rules for use of the system by both programmers or content contributors and viewers or content recipients, such rules being implemented for processing throughout the system according to the applicability of the rules to that part of the system, with centralized and decentralized command and reporting.

Abstract: A system is presented for distributed content management of broadband multimedia content on and between caches, local area networks, the traditional Internet, traditional data circuits, and a satellite multicast Internet overlay (direct satellite multicast to enterprise local area networks, LAN-situated caches, or single computer/device recipients) and involving sharing of the satellite multicast Internet overlay system by a plurality of users sharing the same satellite neighborhood or neighborhoods.