Intelligent Delivery and Acquisition of Digital Assets

In an electronic device, a method for acquiring a digital asset from an online store via a network, the method comprising:

• obtaining an indication of a digital asset available for acquisition by the electronic device associated with a user, the indication being a result of the digital asset being acquired from the online store by an acquisition device other than the electronic device, the acquisition device also being associated with the user;
• determining whether the user of the electronic device is authenticated to the online store;
• subsequently determining whether to deliver the digital asset to the electronic device if the user of the electronic device is authenticated to the online store;
• and
• arranging for electronic delivery of the digital asset to the electronic device when the determining determines that the digital asset is to be delivered to the electronic device, the arranging for electronic delivery including downloading the digital asset over the network to the electronic device.

A method for automatically delivering a digital asset, via a network, from an online repository to one or more electronic devices associated with a user, the method comprising:

• determining that a digital asset has been purchased or is to be purchased from an online store by or via an acquisition device associated with a user;
• determining, at least partially based on automatic download data associated with the user, whether the digital asset is to be delivered via the network to one or more electronic devices also associated with the user;
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• arranging for delivery of the digital asset to the one or more electronic devices associated with the user without requiring any user explicit request for such from the one or more electronic devices when the determining determines that the digital asset is to be delivered to the one or more electronic devices.