Patent ID: 7949726

Claim:
A method of receiving content on demand from a system having stored content, the method comprising: displaying a menu of content files from a predetermined library of available stored content files stored on a server in the system, the displayed menu comprising a displayed description of the content contained in each file; receiving a plurality of selections comprising files selected from the predetermined content file library; generating, prior to establishing a connection with the system, a content request comprising a batch file identifying the files selected from the predetermined content library; establishing a communication link with the server; transmitting the content request to the server; receiving the selected files from the server in response to the content request, wherein prior to the transmission of the content request to the server, the files in the predetermined file library are copied from an original data source and stored on the server and periodically updated; and outputting, based on a predetermined configuration, content from at least one of the files received from the server.