Method and system for promoting and transferring licensed content and applications

A method of acquiring promoted digital content configured for a particular type of wireless device, comprising:

• a. the wireless device communicatively coupling with a server configured to perform restore operations;
• b. the server acquiring data to be restored on the wireless device by utilizing a list stored on the server containing location information of the data to be restored;
• c. the server validating licensing rights of the data to be restored;
• d. based on the validation, displaying one or more content promotional offers to a user during restoration of data having validated licensing rights, wherein the one or more content promotional offers are associated with the data, wherein the data is to be restored on the wireless device;
• e. providing an interface allowing the user to select any of the one or more promotional offers;
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• f. responsive to the user selecting any of the one or more promotional offers, acquiring related content from one or more content datastores and associating the content with an account of the user.

A method of promoting digital content to a user of a backup implementation during a restore operation of the backup implementation, comprising:

• a. the wireless device communicatively coupling with a server configured to perform restore operations;
• b. the server acquiring data to be restored on the wireless device by utilizing a list stored on the server containing location information of the data to be restored;
• c. the server validating licensing rights of the data to be restored;
• d. initiating a restore process;
• e. in relation to the restore process, determining one or more promotional offers of data having validated licensing rights to be made available to the user, wherein the one or more promotional offers are associated with the data, wherein the data is to be restored on a device;
• f. during the restore process, presenting the one or more promotional offers to the user;
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• g. presenting a user interface on the device allowing the user to choose promotional digital content to acquire.

A method of promoting digital content to users of a synchronization implementation, comprising:

• a. a wireless device communicatively coupling with a server configured to perform restore operations;
• b. the server acquiring data to be restored on the wireless device by utilizing a list stored on the server containing location information of the data to be restored;
• c. the server validating licensing rights of the data to be restored;
• d. determining one or more items of digital content of data having validated licensing rights to offer a user, wherein the data is to be synchronized;
• e. on devices participating in the synchronization implementation, retrieving promotional offers from the synchronization implementation, wherein the promotional offers are associated with the data to be synchronized;
• f. displaying the promotional offers to the user and allowing the user to make a selection of content to acquire;
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• g. synchronizing the content to a device of the user.

A device for promoting the purchase of digital content configured for a particular type of wireless device, comprising:

• a. a system for communicatively coupling with a server configured to perform restore operations;
• b. the server for acquiring data to be restored on the wireless device by utilizing a list stored on the server containing location information of the data to be restored;
• c. the server for validating licensing rights of the data to be restored;
• d. based on the validation, a first module for selecting a promotional offer from a database of promotional offers configured to the particular wireless device type, wherein the promotional offer is associated with data having validated licensing rights, wherein the data is to be restored;
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• e. a second module for offering digital content related to the promotional offer to a user during restoration of the data to the wireless device.