Patent ID: 8543721

Claim:
A media distribution system, comprising: a memory to store computer instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising: obtaining distribution information from one of a database or inputs of a user; identifying a plurality of media presentation devices of the user based on the distribution information; identifying a distribution preference of the user based on the distribution information, the distribution preference being associated with distributing media content to the plurality of media presentation devices, wherein the distribution preference comprise media content distribution arrangements between a plurality of media sources of the user and the plurality of media presentation devices of the user; detecting new media content stored on one media source of the plurality of media sources of the user, wherein the one media source comprises one media presentation device of a plurality of media presentation devices of the user; determining a media content type for the new media content, wherein the media content type is one of an audio content type, a visual content type, or a combination thereof; determining availability information for each of the plurality of media presentation devices while being communicatively coupled to the media distribution system; and selectively distributing the new media content to a recipient media presentation device of the plurality of media presentation devices according to the availability information, and a macro that provides a distribution strategy according to metadata descriptive of the media content responsive to the detection of the new media content and the determination of the media content type, wherein the macro is user-defined for distributing content to the plurality of media presentation devices.