Patent ID: 8151259

Claim:
A method for updating content on a portable media device received from a media host device, said method comprising: receiving at the portable media device a wireless update policy for each of one or more different content types, wherein the one or more different content types includes at least a music type, a playlist type, and a video type, and wherein the wireless update policy defines at least a condition for allowing a wireless transfer to occur between the portable media device and the media host device; receiving a user request to update at least some of the content resident on the portable media device from content available on the media host device; determining a data transfer characteristic of a wireless connection when the portable media device is in communication with the media host device via the wireless connection; sending a content update request to the media host device including selections of one or more specific content types to be updated; receiving only the content types having a corresponding wireless update policy in accordance with the determined data transfer characteristic; and storing the content received from the media host device onto the portable media device.