Patent ID: 7672978

Claim:
A method, comprising: obtaining information relating to a content, said information being used for synchronizing said content between a data processing device and a first external device, transferring said content from said data processing device to said first external device by way of synchronization between said data processing device and said first external device, said content being stored in said first external device for further transmission to a second external device that does not have direct communications with said data processing device, and controlling a transmission of said content from said first external device to said second external device, wherein said content is generated by a content-handling application of said data processing device and stored as at least one file in a specific folder of said data processing device, wherein said synchronizing between said data processing device and said first external device is controlled by a data-handling module of said data processing device without implementing synchronization functionality into the content-handling application, and wherein said data-handling module provides an interface for use by said content-handling application, and the transmission of said content from said first external device to said second external device is commanded by said content-handling application via said interface.