LOCAL PORTAL

1 . A method for operating a local portal for a user of a personal computerized system having a display, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) providing in the personal computerized system a primary storage unit containing an inventory of local digital content, wherein said inventory is pre installed in said primary storage unit before receipt there of by the user;

(b) operating a managed client that is perceivable by the user on the display of the personal computerized system; and

(c) presenting a presentation of instances of said digital content with said managed client, wherein said presentation initially includes at least part of said local digital content.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said step (a) includes installing said primary storage unit in the personal computerized system as part of original equipment manufacture of the personal computerized system.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said step (a) includes installing said primary storage unit in the personal computerized system as part of an upgrade to the personal computerized system.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the personal computerized system further has a communications link, and the method further comprising:

(d) receiving additional said digital content at the personal computerized system via said communications link from a remote computer system.

5 . The method of claim 4 , the method further comprising:

(e) including said additional said digital content in said presentation essentially contemporaneously, thereby streaming said additional said digital content in said presentation as it is displayed to the user.

6 . The method of claim 4 , after said step (d), the method further comprising:

(e) storing said additional said digital content in the personal computerized system; and

(f) including said additional said digital content in said presentation.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein said storing of said additional said digital content is into a volatile memory of the personal computerized system, and the method further comprising buffering delivery of said presentation to the user by using said additional said digital content from said volatile memory.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein said storing of said additional said digital content is into said primary storage unit of the personal computerized system, thereby permitting performing said step (f) at any time after said step (e).

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein said storing of said additional said digital content is into said inventory.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the personal computerized system further has at least one input device and said managed client is controllable by the user with said input device, and the method further comprising:

(d) building a profile of the user based on their interactive control of said managed client with respect to said digital content; and

(e) targeting said presentation to the user based on said profile.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the personal computerized system further has a communications link, and the method further comprising:

receiving data via said communications link from a remote computer system about an available plurality of said digital content;

and wherein said step (e) includes:

requesting additional said digital content from said available plurality of said digital content based on said profile, via said communications link from said remote computer system;

receiving said additional said digital content; and

including at least some of said additional said digital content in said presentation, thereby tailoring said presentation to the user based on their said profile.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the personal computerized system further has a communications link, and wherein said step (e) includes:

transmitting at least part of said profile to a remote computer system via said communications link;

receiving additional said digital content based on said at least part of said profile; and

including at least some of said additional said digital content in said presentation, thereby tailoring said presentation to the user based on their said profile.

13 . A local portal system for a user, comprising a personal computerized system including:

a display;

a primary storage unit containing an inventory of local digital content, wherein said inventory is pre installed in said primary storage unit before receipt there of by the user;

logic that operates a managed client perceivable on said display by the user; and

logic that presents a presentation of digital content with said managed client, wherein said presentation initially includes at least part of said local digital content.

14 . The local portal system of claim 13 , wherein said personal computerized system further includes:

a communications link; and

logic that receives additional said digital content at said personal computerized system via said communications link from a remote computer system.

15 . The local portal system of claim 14 , wherein said personal computerized system further includes:

logic that stores said additional said digital content in the personal computerized system; and

logic that includes said additional said digital content in said presentation.

16 . The local portal system of claim 15 , wherein said personal computerized system further includes:

a volatile memory suitable for storing said additional said digital content; and

logic that buffers delivery of said presentation to the user by using said additional said digital content from said volatile memory.

17 . The local portal system of claim 14 , wherein said additional said digital content is stored in said primary storage unit of the personal computerized system.

18 . The local portal system of claim 17 , wherein said additional said digital content is added to said inventory.

19 . The local portal system of claim 13 , wherein said personal computerized system further includes:

an input device suitable for the user to control said logic that operates said managed client;

logic that builds a profile of the user based on their interactive control of said managed client with respect to said digital content; and

logic that targets said presentation to the user based on said profile.

20 . The local portal system of claim 19 , wherein the personal computerized system further includes:

a communications link;

logic that receives data via said communications link from a remote computer system about an available plurality of said digital content;

logic that requests additional said digital content from said available plurality of said digital content based on said profile, via said communications link from said remote computer system;

logic that receives said additional said digital content; and

logic that includes said additional said digital content in said presentation, thereby tailoring said presentation to the user based on their said profile.

21 . The local portal system of claim 19 , wherein the personal computerized system further includes:

a communications link;

logic that transmits at least part of said profile to a remote computer system via said communications link;

logic that receives additional said digital content based on said at least part of said profile; and

logic that includes said additional said digital content in said presentation, thereby tailoring said presentation to the user based on their said profile.