Patent ID: 8332276

Claim:
A method, comprising: simultaneously transmitting information to two or more remote devices, the information identifying an item available for acquisition, wherein at least one of the two or more remote devices is operable to (i) present information about the item to a user of said at least one remote device, (ii) receive from the user input indicating the user's desire to acquire the item, and (iii) transmit a message to a system remote from said at least one remote device after receiving the input from the user; receiving the transmitted message; processing, at the remote system, the message; and as a result of processing the message, transmitting, via a communications network, a file containing the item from the remote system to a device that is separate from said remote device that transmitted the message to the remote system, wherein said separate device is operable to (i) receive the transmitted file and (ii) store the file in a storage unit of said separate device automatically in response to receiving the file.