Patent ID: 8473429

Claim:
A method for managing digital assets in a personal cloud of a user over multiple home network-enabled devices, the method comprising: receiving information, from a plurality of home network-enabled personal devices, regarding usage of digital assets accessed by the personal devices including accessing of digital assets provided by one or more source web sites, wherein the plurality of personal devices are owned or operated by the user and the information is automatically gathered by each personal device tracking its own usage; storing the information; and providing, to one of the plurality of personal devices, identifications of digital assets accessed by the personal devices as well as assets located in multiple vendor clouds from multiple retailers not controlled by the user, wherein each vendor cloud includes one or more web sites and associated digital assets controlled by a particular vendor and the user has personal digital assets scattered throughout the multiple vendor clouds and wherein providing includes filtering the identifications of digital assets based on identifications of interests in or derived from the information regarding usage, by accessing the stored information.