Abstract: A system for synchronized viewing and editing includes a media viewer/editor for viewing and editing media content connected to a peer-to-peer swarming network, a user interface for said media viewer/editor, and a communication channel connected to said user interface and to one or more other user interfaces and other media viewer/editors, wherein said media viewer/editor can transmit media content to the other viewer/editors via said peer-to-peer swarming network, and wherein said user interface can emit and receive operating information through said communication channel to each of said one or more other user interfaces to coordinate with said other media viewer/editors.

Abstract: A method of sending content via email includes the steps of creating an email message, obtaining a list of files and directories, selecting one or more files or directories to send as attachments, determining an appropriate channel by which to send the attachments, packaging the attachments into a package, removing the attachment from said email message and replacing said attachment with a link to said package, and sending the email message to one or more recipients, wherein the package is sent separately from the body of the email message via one or more alternative channels. The one or more alternative channels comprise a peer-to-peer swarming network.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for cooperative file distribution system employing one or more storage proxies to allow an offline receiver to obtain files or pieces thereof when the receiver comes online. A central tracker receives an indication from the sender that the sender has the file; determines if the receiver is online; and initiates a storage of the file on one or more storage proxies if the receiver is not online. A proxy service can identify one or more potential storage proxies that can store the file and that each satisfy one or more predefined resource criteria. The sender can send a request to one or more of the storage proxies from the list of storage proxies to act as a storage proxy for the communication between the sender and the receiver. The potential storage proxies compare one or more resource measures to predefined criteria; and provide an acceptance if the one or more resource measures satisfy the predefined criteria.

Abstract: A data portal for monitoring and downloading data from a data source comprising an interface application at a user client for displaying information integrally within a bar within an active one of a plurality of application windows and for maintaining the display in a new active window following exchange with a current active window so as to continuously display the information irrespective of exchanging active windows. Also described is a readable storage device for storing the interface application and a method and system for viewing continuously displayed data.