Patent ID: 8655266

Claim:
A mobile media player, comprising: a memory operable to store a plurality of media files; a processing module operable to: store the plurality of media files in the memory; detect the presence of another mobile media player after storing the plurality of media files in the memory; send a request to the other mobile media player for selection information after detecting the presence of the other mobile media player; receive selection information sent from the other mobile media player in response to sending the request to the other mobile media player for the selection information; compare the received selection information to the plurality of media files stored in the memory after receiving the selection information sent from the other mobile media player; generate a playlist identifying one or more of the plurality of media files stored in the memory in response to comparing the received selection information to the plurality of media files stored in the memory, the identified one or more of the plurality of media files being stored in the memory prior to detecting the presence of the other mobile media player; send the generated playlist to the other mobile media player; and receive a second playlist from the other mobile media player in response to sending the generated playlist to the other mobile media player, the second playlist indentifying a first media file not identified by the generated playlist.