Patent ID: 7346558
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. In an environment comprising (a) a system for broadcasting information to a plurality of consumers, the information identifying a purchasable item available for network delivery, and (b) a plurality of remote devices each configured to (1) receive the broadcast information, (2) enable a user of the remote device to view information about the purchasable item and (3) receive input from the user, a method, comprising: broadcasting information to the plurality of remote devices, the information identifying media content available for electronic purchase; presenting information about the media content to a user of one of the plurality of remote devices; receiving at said one of the plurality of remote devices input from the user, wherein the input indicates the user's desire to purchase the media content; transmitting a purchase instruction from said one remote device to a fulfillment system after receiving the input from the user; processing, at the fulfillment system, the purchase instruction; as a result of processing the purchase instruction, electronically transmitting an electronic file containing the media content from the fulfillment system to a second device, wherein the second device is separate from said one remote device that transmitted the purchase instruction to the fulfillment system; receiving the file at the second device; and automatically in response to receiving the file, storing the file in a storage unit of the second device.