Patent ID: 7689510
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A method for use in managing content over a local network, comprising: performing by one or more processors, the steps of: determining, at a first device of the local network, whether additional multimedia content is added to the local network through one or more client devices of the local network; identifying the additional content; identifying a collection to which the additional content applies; adding the additional content to the collection; identifying a first client device on the local network to receive the additional content; distributing the additional content over the local network to the first client device prior to a request for distributing the additional content; wherein the identifying the first client device on the local network to receive the additional content comprises: detecting a reconnection of a second client device to the local network; determining whether content stored on the second client device has changed relative to the second client device being disconnected from the local network; updating the local network in accordance with a detected change to the content stored on the second client device when it is determined that the content stored on the second client device has changed; wherein the determining whether the content stored on the second client device has changed comprises determining whether a first multimedia content has been added to the second client device after the second client device was last connected with the local network; wherein the updating the local network, when it is determined that the first multimedia content has been added to the second client device, comprises distributing the first multimedia content, without further user interaction, to one or more of the devices of the local network; wherein the determining whether the content stored on the second client device has changed comprises determining whether a second multimedia content has been removed from the second client device after the second client device was last connected with the local network; and wherein the updating the local network, when it is determined that the second multimedia content has been deleted from the second client device, comprises: