SUPPLY OF ELECTRONIC DATA

摘要

A system (10) for supplying data in electronic form comprises mobile telephones (14) and a wireless vending machine (12). The wireless vending machine (12) is able to obtain electronic data from data servers (18, 20) by communicating over a cellular telephone network. The wireless vending machine (12) is able to send the electronic data to the mobile terminals (14) over a Bluetooth local network (24). A user of a mobile telephone (14) is able to interrogate the wireless vending machine (12) to determine the electronic data it contains and to request that at least part of the electronic data be transmitted to the mobile telephone (14).