Patent ID: 7680849
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for providing media assets to a media device from a host computer, said method comprising: obtaining media device capabilities for the media device; identifying original media assets on the host computer that are to be copied to the media device; determining media formats appropriate for the media device based on the media device capabilities; generating at the host computer, for each of the plurality of original media assets, a set of formatted media assets in accordance with the determined media formats for the media device, wherein the set of formatted media assets includes two or more different media format renderings for each of the original media assets that have been identified, and each of the two or more different media format renderings being provided as a separate file and being in accordance with the determined media formats appropriate for the media device; and copying the set of formatted media assets to the media device, wherein said generating of the set of formatted media assets in accordance with the media formats includes at least: