Patent ID: 7730161

Claim:
A system for providing on-demand data exchange between a data store and a portable data-storage device of a user, the system comprising: a source of data, including: a device for storing data associated with the specific product or service, a controller serving to control dissemination of the data associated with the specific product or service, a display device including an information region being configured to display the data associated with a specific product or service, a data-transfer initiator being coupled to the source of data, the data-transfer initiator being activatable by the user, the data-transfer initiator for initiating the data transfer between the source of data and the portable data-storage device, the data-transfer initiator being configured to cause the source of data to provide the data to the display device, and a data-transfer port coupled to the source of data, and responsive to the dated transfer initiator that initiates transfer of the data associated with the specific product or service, the data-transfer port is configured for transmitting the data from the source of data to the portable data-storage device, wherein the data-transfer initiator is responsive to the user interested in obtaining additional or more detailed information about the specific product or service displayed in the information region, the data-transfer initiator initiates and downloads all or some of the information from the source of data for review later on by the user.