Patent ID: 8359406

Claim:
A network of devices to filter synchronized data, the network of devices comprising: a. a content server to store content; b. a first network device; c. a second network device; and d. a middleware filter included within the second network device, the second network device coupled to the first network device and to the content server such that during a data synchronization, content is received by the middleware filter from the content server according to the data synchronization and the middleware filter is programmed to selectively filter the content resulting in filtered content and send only the filtered content to the first network device, wherein the middleware filter selectively filters the content in response to meta data within the content, wherein the meta data comprises a data type of the content, wherein the middleware filter reads the meta data of the content received from the content server and sends the content to the first network device if the data type of the read meta data matches an authorized data type associated with the first network device.