Patent ID: 7917557

Claim:
A device, comprising: a first storage unit that is configured to store a plurality of content items, and a processing system that is configured: to receive a portable playlist from a second device having a second storage unit, wherein the portable playlist includes (i) a plurality of content identifiers that identify content items stored in the second storage unit and (ii) ancillary information in the form of introductory or terminal comments associated with select entries of content identifiers of the portable playlist, wherein the second storage unit of the second device is different from the first storage unit of said device, to search the first storage unit and identify content items stored in the first storage unit that match content items stored in the second storage unit based on the content identifiers of the portable playlist, to create a second playlist corresponding to a destination device playlist without requiring a corresponding transfer of content items from the second storage unit to the first storage unit that includes: ( 1 ) a subset of the content identifiers of the portable playlist corresponding to the content items (a) searched for and (b) identified as being stored in the first storage unit that match based on the content identifiers of the portable playlist, including the corresponding ancillary information associated with select entries of content identifiers of the portable playlist; and ( 2 ) associated location identifiers of the first storage unit each identifying a location in the first storage unit where is stored a corresponding one of the content items that match based on the content identifiers of the portable playlist, and to render one or more of the content items identified in the second playlist, including corresponding ancillary information in the form of introductory or terminal comments associated with select entries of content identifiers of the second playlist.