Information filling station facilitating wireless transfer of data content to a portable device or other pre-defined locations

An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for aiding in selective routing of data content based upon a wireless interaction between a portable device and an information filling station (IFS), said medium comprising:

• a. computer readable program code authenticating said portable device;
• b. computer readable program code aiding in the reception of one or more content requests from said portable device;
• c. computer readable program code aiding in extracting, from one or more databases, information regarding availability of each of said requested content and information identifying which of said content requests are associated with protected content;
• d. computer readable program code identifying, if available, a price associated with each of said available requested content including any fees that are payable with respect to said protected content;
• e. computer readable program code aiding in transmitting, to said portable device:
• said information regarding availability and any identified prices associated with said requested content;
• f. computer readable program code aiding in receiving, from said portable device, instructions identifying one or more content of interest and routing instructions identifying one or more locations for selectively transferring each of said content of interest;
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• g. computer readable program code aiding in performing a financial transaction based upon any pricing information associated with said content of interest, and upon successful completion of said financial transaction, computer readable program code aiding in selectively sending to said one or more identified locations corresponding content of interest.

A method implemented in a portable device for instructing an information filling station (IFS) to selectively route data content to one or more locations based upon a wireless interaction between said portable device and said IFS, said method comprising the steps of:

• a. providing authentication information to said IFS;
• b. receiving an indication from said IFS upon successful authentication;
• c. transmitting, to said IFS, one or more content requests;
• d. receiving from said IFS information regarding availability of each of said requested content, information identifying which of said content requests are associated with protected content, and if available, a price associated with each of said available requested content including any fees that are payable with respect to said protected content;
• e. transmitting, to said IFS, instructions identifying one or more content of interest and routing instructions identifying one or more locations for selectively transferring each of said content of interest;
• f. performing a financial transaction based upon any pricing information associated with said content of interest, and upon successful completion of said financial transaction, receiving, from said IFS, a confirmation indicating selective transfer to said one or more identified locations corresponding content of interest.