Patent ID: 8255080

Claim:
A digital content delivery system for the delivery of memory modules containing a selection of digital content to portable electronic devices comprising: a) a plurality of memory modules, each module having a plurality of input/output channels; b) a plurality of portable electronic devices, each device comprising: i. at least one receptacle designed to receive said memory module wherein said receptacle has at least one opening that permits the module to be slidingly inserted and ejected; ii. a machine-readable identity code; iii. at least one data output mechanism; c) a plurality of memory module dispensing terminals, each comprising: i. means to receive and position one said portable electronic device; ii. at least one storage array with a plurality of cells that can each contain one module; iii. a first controllable displacement means whereby the relative positions of said storage array and said receiving and positioning means can be adjusted so that the opening of one of said cells is apposite to the opening of a known receptacle in the device; iv. a second controllable displacement means whereby a module contained within the receptacle can be displaced so that it moves out of the receptacle and into the apposite cell.