Patent ID: 7743009

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for the automated selection and loading of media items from a computer into a mobile media player device, the method comprising: receiving a media item current playlist from a mobile media player; receiving current user taste data associated with a user of the mobile media player; generating a recommended playlist from the user taste data; ranking the media items in the recommended playlist responsive to the user taste data; determining an amount of memory storage space available on the mobile media player for storing new items; removing as many media items from the mobile media player, as necessary to free memory space sufficient to accommodate at least the highest ranked one of the ranked media items, wherein the media items are removed from the mobile media player according to the current user taste data; downloading at least one media item on the recommended playlist into memory on the mobile media player, beginning with a highest ranked one of the media items; and repeating said downloading step, in descending rank order of the media items, until the amount of memory storage space available on the mobile media player for storing new items is insufficient to add the next item.