System and method for the transfer of digital data to a mobile device

A computer program executable by a computer and embedded on a computer readable medium for ordering and downloading digital products into a mobile device, the mobile device including a short range transceiver for receiving and transmitting low power radio frequency signals, a network transceiver for receiving and transmitting cellular telephone signals, a processor connected to the short range transceiver and the network transceiver, a display connected to the processor, and a memory connected to the processor, said computer program comprising:

• an electronic shop server code segment to generate a web page and transmit through a mobile network a list of digital products for sale and a list of hotspot network location from which the digital products may be downloaded encoded In a low power radio frequency signal, wherein the digital products may be purchased through the electronic shop server code segment and downloaded to a user via a hotspot network code segment;
• a hotspot network code segment responsive to receipt of a low power radio frequency signal from a signal source within a hotspot network location for downloading a digital product from the list of digital products;
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• a mobile device code segment for receiving the downloaded digital product and storing the received digital product in a memory of a mobile device.

A mobile terminal for ordering and downloading a digital product, said mobile terminal comprising:

• a processor;
• a network transceiver connected to the processor for accessing through a mobile network an electronic shop server to order a digital product, and for receiving information through the mobile network identifying at least one hotspot network location where the ordered digital product may be downloaded via a low power radio frequency link;
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• a short range transceiver connected to the processor for detecting a signal indicating the presence of a low power radio frequency link from a signal source within one of the at least one identified hotspot network locations, and for downloading the ordered digital product to said processor via the detected low power radio frequency link at the one of the at least one identified hotspot network locations.

A machine readable medium having stored thereon at least one sequence of instructions that, when executed, cause a mobile device to:

• access an electronic shop server through a mobile network and order a digital product from the electronic shop server;
• respond to information from the mobile network identifying at least one hotspot network location where the ordered digital product may be downloaded into the mobile device via a low power radio frequency link upon detecting of the presence of a low power radio frequency link generated by one of the at least one identified hotspot network locations;
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• download the ordered digital product into the mobile device via the detected low power radio frequency link.

A method of ordering and downloading digital products into a mobile device having a network transceiver for receiving and transmitting cellular telephone signals and a short range transceiver for receiving and transmitting low power radio frequency signals, said method comprising:

• accessing an internet service provider using the mobile device;
• logging Into a web page of an electronic shop server;
• browsing a menu of digital products offered by the electronic shop server;
• selecting a digital product for purchase from the menu of digital products from the electronic shop server;
• identifying a hotspot network location where the identified digital product may be downloaded into the mobile device using the short range transceiver;
• detecting, by the mobile device, a low power radio frequency signal generated by the hotspot network location;
• receiving an estimated cost to download the identified digital product from the electronic shop server using the network transceiver;
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• downloading the digital product Into the mobile device via the hotspot network location, using the low power radio frequency signal.

A system for ordering and downloading digital products into a mobile device, comprising:

• a hotspot network for transmitting a low power radio frequency signal having a digital product encoded in the low power radio frequency signal;
• the mobile device having a short range transceiver for receiving the digital product encoded in the low power radio frequency signal, a network transceiver for receiving and transmitting cellular telephone signals, a processor connected to the short range transceiver, the network transceiver, a display, and a memory for storing the digital product;
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• an electronic shop server to generate a web page and transmit a list of digital products for sale and a list of hotspot network locations where the digital products may be downloaded encoded in the low power radio frequency signal, wherein the digital products may be purchased at the electronic shop server and either downloaded to a user over the Internet through a public switched telephone network or a cellular telephone network or may be downloaded via the hotspot network location.