Patent ID: 8396466

Claim:
A method for transferring content between a first mobile device and a second mobile device, said method comprising: internally storing the content on the first mobile device using a first data representation for the internally stored content on the first mobile device; establishing a common syntax and associated semantics for describing the content among disparate mobile devices; creating a first external manifest on the first mobile device from the internally stored content on the first mobile, said external manifest employing the common syntax and associated semantics to describe the content; transferring the content from the first external manifest to a second external manifest created on the second mobile device, said second external manifest also using the common syntax and associated semantic to describe the content; and, internally storing the content on the second mobile device using a second data representation for the internally stored content on the second mobile device, wherein each mobile device can assume the role of a sync or a source and can communicate with each other without requiring a sync host.