Patent ID: 7890661

Claim:
A digital gateway device comprising: a system bus; a microprocessor coupled to said system bus; one or more storage devices coupled to said system bus for storing digital content; a wireless communications platform for automatically establishing a communication link with one or more mobile devices that come into range of the digital gateway device and automatically downloading said stored digital content to said one or more mobile devices; and an interface for establishing a communication link between said wireless communication platform and said one or more mobile devices, said digital gateway device configured to automatically synchronize said stored digital content stored in said one or more storage devices with stored content in said one or more mobile devices whenever said one or more mobile devices is in range, and said digital gateway device further configured to: automatically identify playlist information on a first of said one or more mobile devices, the playlist information comprising a playlist and a position in the playlist currently playing on said first mobile device, and transmit the playlist information to at least a second of said one or more mobile devices that is in range, wherein the second mobile device plays digital content associated with the position in the playlist upon receipt of the playlist information, and wherein the second mobile device seamlessly continues playback of the digital content associated with the position in the playlist and currently playing on the first mobile device, when the first mobile device comes into range.