APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DATA TRANSFER

摘要

An entertainment device comprises a display generator arranged to generate for display a representation of an on-line virtual environment, that on-line virtual environment being able to host interactions between a user of the entertainment device and other users of one or more remote entertainment devices, a network communications arrangement operable to receive data representative of the actions of the other users within the on-line virtual environment and to receive data indicative of any supplementary data files interoperable with the on-line virtual environment that are associated with one or more remote entertainment devices of one or more of the other users, a data file search means operable to search the entertainment device for any supplementary data files indicated by the received data, a data file request means operable to request, from a networked device, a copy of a supplementary data file indicated by the received data that was not found on the entertainment device, and a data file integration means operable to incorporate relevant elements of the or each supplementary data file into the representation of the on-line virtual environment.