Patent ID: 8488605

Claim:
A method of transferring information using a network, the method comprising: coupling, using a processing device, a destination device operatively to a storage device using the network, the storage device storing information to be transmitted to the destination device, the network providing a point-to-multipoint connection between an origin device and a plurality of destination devices, the plurality of destination devices including the destination device; receiving, using the processing device, the information stored in the storage device by the destination device in response to the destination device being operatively coupled to the storage device using the network, the information received by the destination device having been transmitted from the origin device to the network prior to the destination device being operatively coupled to the storage device, and receiving, using the processing device, additional information by the destination device in response to the destination device being operatively coupled to the storage device, the additional information received by the destination device having been transmitted from the origin device to the network after the destination device is operatively coupled to the storage device.