Patent ID: 8146826
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of managing content on a portable media device, the method comprising: accessing one or more rules related to user preferences for content; accessing one or more content selections; identifying, from among the one or more content selections, a first group of content selections of interest to a user based on the one or more rules related to user preferences for content; generating a first configuration for the portable media device, wherein the first configuration indicates that the first group of content selection is to be loaded on the portable media device; accessing one or more additional rules related to user preferences for content, the one or more additional rules requiring variation of content selections to be loaded on the portable media device independent of user selection of the content selections; identifying, from among the one or more content selections, a second group of content selections of interest to the user based on the one or more additional rules related to user preferences for content, the second group of content selections differing from the first group of content selections according to the variation required in the one or more additional rules; and generating a second configuration for the portable media device, wherein the second configuration indicates that the second group of content selections is to be loaded on the portable media device.