A system and method for the aggregation of multimedia information storage
via a broadband access gateway is disclosed. Information about storage
resources accessible to a broadband access gateway may be collected and
used in selecting storage capacity used for storing multimedia
information such as, for example, streaming video, broadcast video,
digitized video, digitized audio, text, and digitized images. The gateway
may manage storage and retrieval of the multimedia information based upon
user defined criteria and characteristics of the available storage
resources. Multimedia information may be parsed for storage across
multiple storage resources, and the location and nature of the storage
resources used for storage of multimedia information items may be unknown
to the user. Storage services accessible via a broadband connection may
also be used as storage resources.