Patent ID: 8566365

Claim:
A method comprising: determining when a portable media device is in communication with a client computer that is separate from a host computer and that interacts with the host computer, wherein the host computer maintains a first collection of content including digital assets; and synchronizing the first collection of content resident on the host computer with a second collection of content stored on the portable media device, wherein the synchronization of the first collection with the second collection includes: synchronizing the first collection of content with a third collection of content resident on the client computer, wherein synchronizing the first collection of content with the third collection of content comprises a transfer of at least one of the digital assets from the host computer to the client computer, and synchronizing, based on the determination that the portable media device is in communication with the client computer, the third collection of content resident on the client computer with the second collection of content resident on the portable media device, wherein synchronizing the third collection of content with the second collection of content comprises a transfer of the at least one of the digital assets from the client computer to the portable media device.