Patent ID: 7937422

Claim:
A method comprising: maintaining a first collection of content on a host computer, the first collection of content including digital assets; determining if a portable media device becomes connected to a client computer that is separate from the host computer and that interacts with the host computer; and automatically triggering initiation of a synchronization of the first collection of content resident on the host computer with a second collection of content on the portable media device based on a determination that the portable media device has become connected to the client computer, wherein the synchronization of the first collection with the second collection comprises a synchronization of the first collection of content resident on the host computer with a third collection of content resident on the client computer, and a synchronization of the third collection of content resident on the client computer with the second collection of content resident on the portable media device, and further wherein the synchronization of the first collection with the third collection includes a transfer of at least one of the digital assets from the host computer to the client computer, and the synchronization of the third collection with the second collection includes a transfer of the at least one of the digital assets from the client computer to the portable media device, wherein the transfers are triggered and conditioned upon the determination that the portable media device has become connected to the client computer.