Patent ID: 8731518

Claim:
A system for automatically synchronizing data among communications devices, the system comprises: a plurality of mobile communications devices grouped into a plurality of subsets, said plurality of mobile communications devices includes at least two mobile communications devices corresponding to a particular subset of the plurality of subsets; and a remote central station for automatically broadcasting data to the at least two mobile communications devices corresponding to the particular subset for storage of said broadcasted data within memories of the at least two mobile communications devices; said plurality of mobile communications devices having a first communications device having a memory storing data and a second communications device in operative communication with the first communications device via at least one wireless communications link; said first communications device having a processor capable of executing a set of instructions for performing a method comprising: automatically establishing the at least one wireless communications link with the second communications device; and automatically transmitting the data stored in the memory of the first communications device to the second communications device, wherein the transmitted data is received by the second communications device and stored in a memory of the second communications device, such that the data stored in the memory of the first communications device is also stored in the memory of the second communications device.