Patent ID: 7881744

Claim:
A handheld device comprising: a processor; a memory configured to store a plurality of media files and in operable communication with said processor; an RF transceiver adapted for wireless communications and in operable communication with said processor; an input subsystem in operable communication with said processor, the input subsystem comprised of at least one input component; an output subsystem in operable communication with said processor, said output subsystem comprised of at least one output component; wherein said processor, with executable software, is configured to: receive via said RF transceiver, information about media files not in said memory, said information not received in response to input from said input subsystem; integrate said received information with information about any media files in said memory; send, to said output subsystem, said integrated information; send, using said RF transceiver, some side-band information on a currently-playing media file and a next media file; receive, from said RF transceiver, an indicator which indicates if the media file associated with said sent side-band information is or is not resident on an A/V system associated with said indicator; and send, using said RF transceiver, one of: a copy of the currently-playing media file only if said indicator indicates the currently-playing media file is not resident and a copy of the next media file only if said indicator indicates the next media file is not resident; and, only sends a copy of the next media file only if said indicator indicates the next media file is not resident.