Method and apparatus for transferring material

A non-transitory storage medium product containing computer readable instructions which, upon loading onto a computer, configure said computer to perform a method of transferring a preview version of a video game from a first entertainment apparatus to a second entertainment apparatus over a network, wherein, in said first entertainment apparatus, said method comprises the steps of:

• extracting preview version of the video game from a package stored on a game disc, the package containing both a full version of the video game and said preview version of the video game, said preview version of the video game being an illustration of said full version of the video game;
• storing locally to said first entertainment apparatus said preview version of said video game in a directory that is exclusively used for distributing data over the network;
• and
• sending a request to transfer at least part of said preview version of the video game to a second apparatus over the network;
• wherein, in said second entertainment apparatus, said method comprises the steps of:
• receiving a request from the first entertainment apparatus to transfer at least part of said preview version of the video game to said second apparatus over the network;
• accepting or declining the request;
• and
• in response to the second entertainment apparatus accepting the request, the second entertainment apparatus coordinating the transfer of said at least part of said preview version of said video game from said first entertainment apparatus to said second entertainment apparatus.

A non-transitory storage medium product containing computer readable instructions which, upon loading onto a computer, configure said computer to perform the method of:

• downloading, from a first entertainment apparatus over a network to a second entertainment apparatus, at least part of said preview version of a video game, said preview version being an illustration of a full version of the video game, and said preview version being stored locally by said first entertainment apparatus in a directory that is exclusively used for distribution of data over the network;
• and
• storing the received preview version in non-volatile memory of the second entertainment apparatus,
• wherein before said preview version of the video game is transferred, the method comprises the steps of:
• receiving a test signal from the first apparatus;
• sending a positive response to the test signal to the first apparatus from the second entertainment apparatus;
• and
• receiving the preview version of the video game in response to the positive response and said test signal from said first apparatus includes a wake up over Internet signal and an identifier that uniquely identifies said first apparatus,
• said method further comprising:
• reviewing user preferences stored in said non-volatile memory, and
• where said user preferences indicate that preview versions of video games are automatically allowed from the identified said first entertainment apparatus, sending said positive response and coordinating, by the second entertainment apparatus, the downloading of the at least part of said preview version of the video game.

A system comprising a first entertainment device and a second entertainment device connectable via a network, the system being operable for the transfer of a preview version of a video game from the first entertainment apparatus to a second entertainment apparatus over a network;

• said first entertainment apparatus comprising:
• an extractor operable to extract said preview version of the video game from a package stored on a game disc, the package containing both a full version of the video game and said preview version of the video game, said preview version being an illustration of said full version of the video game;
• a storage medium operable to store locally to said first entertainment apparatus said preview version of said video game in a directory that is exclusively used for distribution of data over the network;
• and
• a first processor operable to send a request to transfer at least part of said preview version of the video game to said second apparatus over the network;
• and said second entertainment apparatus comprising:
• a second processor operable to receive a request from the first entertainment apparatus to transfer at least part of said preview version of the video game to said second apparatus over the network, the second processor being operable to accept or decline the request;
• wherein, in response to the second entertainment apparatus accepting the request, the second entertainment apparatus is operable to coordinate the transfer of said at least part of said preview version of said video game from said first entertainment apparatus to said second entertainment apparatus.