Method and apparatus for wirelessly receiving a file using an application-level connection

A wireless file consumer device comprising:

• processor capable of executing an instruction sequence;
• wireless interface capable of interacting with a wireless network;
• memory capable of storing a file cache and one or more instruction sequences including:
• peer-to-peer module that, when executed by the processor, minimally causes the processor to:
• recognize a neighbor node;
• and
• establish an application-level connection with the recognized neighbor node using the wireless interface;
• file determination module that, when executed by the processor, minimally causes the processor to determine a file to be received from the recognized neighbor node;
• and
• reception module that, when executed by the processor, minimally causes the processor to receive in to the file cache from the connection established with the recognized neighbor node a portion of a determined file while the established connection remains viable.