Patent ID: 8806038

Claim:
A method comprising: generating, by a proxy server, updates to an already existing first media playlist of a first portable media player device, the generating comprising: comparing, by the proxy server, media preferences of a first user of the first portable media player device with media preferences of at least a second user of a second portable media player device to identify similarities between the media preferences of the first user and the media preferences of the second user; and selecting, by the proxy server accessing on the second portable media player device a second media playlist associated with the second user and maintained on the second portable media player device, one or more respective media titles from the second media playlist as the updates to the already existing first media playlist, wherein the one or more respective media titles are selected based on the comparison of the media preferences of the first user with the media preferences of the at least a second user, including the similarities identified, wherein the already existing first media playlist comprises a user-defined listing of media titles organizing a grouping of corresponding pieces of media content, wherein the updates to the already existing first media playlist comprise suggested media titles to be integrated into the already existing first media playlist, and wherein the already existing first media playlist is one of a plurality of user-defined media playlists of the first portable media player device; determining for the one or more respective media titles of the updates, by the proxy server, whether the first user of the first portable media player device or the first portable media player device has access rights to one or more corresponding pieces of media content for the respective media titles of the updates; transmitting the updates to the first portable media player device, by the proxy server; and transmitting or causing to be transmitted, by the proxy server: one or more first pieces of media content, corresponding to titles added to the updates to the already existing first media playlist, if the first user or the first portable media player device was determined to have access rights to the one or more first pieces of media content; or information about one or more media titles added to the updates to the already existing first media playlist corresponding to one or more second pieces of media content, if the first user or the first portable media player device was determined not to have access rights, wherein the information includes subscription information for subscribing to a media service in order to obtain access rights to the one or more second pieces of media content.