APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DATA TRANSFER

摘要

A data transfer system comprises a server and a plurality of devices each operable as a client of the server; the server in turn comprises notification means to notify a device that it is to become a member of a peer group comprising other clients of the server, and a client/server data transmission means to send data to the respective device upon such notification; each device in turn comprises client/server data reception means to receive respective data from the server, and peer-to-peer communication means to send respective data received from the server to one or more peers, and to receive from one or more peers respective data that was sent to it or them by the server.