DATA TRANSMISSION OVER THE INTERNET USING A CACHE MEMORY FILE SYSTEM

A method for storing a plurality of multimedia objects in a cache memory is described. First ones of the multimedia objects are written into the cache memory sequentially from the beginning of the cache memory in the order in which they are received. When a first memory amount from a most recently stored one of the first multimedia objects to the end of the cache memory is insufficient to accommodate a new multimedia object, the new multimedia object is written from the beginning of the cache memory, thereby writing over a previously stored one of the first multimedia objects. Second ones of the multimedia objects are then written into the cache memory sequentially following the new multimedia object in the order in which they are received, thereby writing over the first ones of the multimedia objects. This cycle is repeated, thereby maintaining a substantially full cache memory.