Patent ID: 8200629

Claim:
A method of transferring image data between a portable media device and a second device other than the portable media device, the method comprising: at the portable media device, designating at least one image for downloading from the second device to the portable media device; sending an image request of the designated at least one image to the second device; receiving at least one image collection that includes a plurality of image versions for each of the requested at least one image in response to the image request from the second device, each image collection containing new image versions of the requested at least one image, each image version having a different image profile based on the capabilities of the portable media device; storing a database entry for each of the images to be downloaded from the second device, wherein the database entry is updated with information about each of the image versions in the received image collection; wherein updating the database entry comprises grouping together all the image versions of a particular image collection and providing pointers to the location where the actual image is stored.