Patent ID: 8028173
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A content vending device, comprising: memory storing a plurality of data sets and a plurality of computer programs, each of the computer programs compatible with a respective operating system of a multiplicity of distinct operating systems, each of the computer programs for execution by a respective target device, having the operating system with which the computer program is compatible, for enabling performance of a data set stored on the target device; and at least one interface to transfer information to the target device in response to a user selection of a respective data set of the plurality of data sets, the target device comprising a portable device having a respective operating system that is one of the multiplicity of operating systems; the information transferred to the target device including (A) the respective user-selected data set, and (B) a computer program of the plurality of computer programs that is compatible with the operating system of the target device; the content vending machine further configured: wherein the data set transmitted to the target device is constrained to play from only the target device.