Distributed media on-demand information service

A method of providing content to a user, comprising the acts of:

• broadcasting first information to a first receiver, wherein the first information comprises first information content stored in one or more databases remote from the first receiver, wherein the first information comprises a link associated with the first information content and pointing to second information content stored in the one or more databases, wherein the first receiver is a mobile device configured to receive and store information content for subsequent output to a first user upon demand by the first user, wherein during output of the first information content to the first user the first receiver displays to the first user an indication that the link is stored in the first receiver, and wherein the receiver is configured to receive a command by the first user to access the remotely stored second information content and deliver the remotely stored second information content from the one or more databases to a second receiver;
• receiving from the first receiver a request by the first user to access the stored second information content and to deliver the accessed second information content to the second receiver, wherein the second receiver is a device configured to receive and store information content for subsequent output to the first user or to a second user upon demand by the first or the second user, respectively;
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• delivering, in response to the request, the second information content to the second receiver.