Patent ID: 7882515

Claim:
Acquisition device for obtaining files by accumulating points, for at least one user of at least one receiver of data of at least one communication network, said user being able to earn points by occurrences of at least one predefined operation accomplished by said user, and to acquire at least one of said files by downloading of said file via said communication network when the aggregate number of said points reaches a predetermined level associated with said file, said device comprises an automatic control module for ordering and downloading portions of said file via said network, where said automatic control module operates without user operation; said automatic control module orders the downloading of portions of said file when the number of points earned by said user reaches a fraction of said predetermined level of said file such that said fraction also corresponds to the downloaded portions of said file and the downloaded portions of said file are less than the entire file; said fraction is greater than zero and less than one; and a storage means, accessible to said receiver, which stores portions of said file.