Patent ID: 8321534

Claim:
A method for synchronization, comprising: receiving from at least one user associated with a first multimedia device an explicit rating of a third item of multimedia content after the at least one user has viewed the third item of multimedia content; connecting to a second data device; determining that a first set of multimedia data is available at the second data device, wherein the first set of multimedia data includes a first item of multimedia content and a second item of multimedia content; determining a first preference score associated with the first item of multimedia content, wherein the first preference score is determined based at least in part by determining that the first item of multimedia content is similar to the third item of multimedia content, and the explicit rating of the third item of multimedia content; determining a second preference score associated with second item of multimedia content, wherein the second preference score is determined based at least in part by determining that the second item of multimedia content is similar to the third item of multimedia content, and the explicit rating of the third item of multimedia content; determining that the first item of multimedia content is more desired than the second item of multimedia content; determining a second set of multimedia data to be synchronized from the second data device to a first data device, wherein responsive to determining that the first item of multimedia content is more desired than the second item of multimedia content, the first item of multimedia content is included in the second set of multimedia data and the second item of multimedia content is not included in the second set of multimedia data; and synchronizing the second set of multimedia data from the second data device to the first data device.