Patent ID: 7606876

Claim:
A system for distributing and remotely updating information contained on processor readable portable external storage media, wherein the information includes a storage media identifier and a user accesses the information by connecting the storage media to an electronic device adapted to connect to a network, the system comprising: at least one content server connected to the network and adapted for automatically creating and updating the information according to a profile associated with the user and for delivering updated information to the electronic device determined by the storage media identifier, wherein the profile is generated from factors including the storage media identifier, a user identity (user ID), a history of transactions involving the user ID, and a history of transactions involving the electronic device; and a keying application stored on the external storage media for launching and running on the electronic device for selecting the user ID and transmitting the user ID and the storage media identifier to said content server; wherein said keying application selects the user ID based on the storage media identifier and other indicia of user identification, and wherein if said external storage media containing said keying application is non-recordable, said keying application records the user ID generated by said content server on the local electronic device running said keying application.