Patent ID: 8037022

Claim:
A method comprising: invoking, at a control point (CP) in a network, an action to create a synchronization data structure on a media server containing a content directory service (CDS) in the network, wherein the synchronization data structure includes a unique synchronization relationship describing each unique CP-CDS pair; invoking, at the CP, an action to add synchronization pair information to one or more objects on the CDS, wherein the action to add synchronization pair information causes a change log to be created for the CP on the CDS; requesting, at the CP, the change log from the CDS; requesting synchronization between the CDS and the CP; and receiving the change log from the CDS, wherein the change log contains information about changes to one or more objects on the CDS as identified by the synchronization pair information for the CP, wherein the changes were detected and added to the change log prior to synchronization being requested.