Patent ID: 8260828

Claim:
A portable data storage device, comprising: a memory for storing content and for storing a storage profile, wherein the storage profile provides the data storage device with information about content to gather for storage; a profile maintenance unit for selecting an information source from which storage profile update data is retrieved for the storage profile, wherein the storage profile further provides information for organizing content available to the data storage device; communication means for receiving the storage profile update data from the information source, the profile maintenance unit updating the storage profile in the memory based upon the storage profile update data received from the information source; a timer for triggering (i) the communication means for receiving storage profile update data from the information source and (ii) the profile maintenance unit for updating the storage profile; and a content self-organization unit for self-organizing content available to the data storage device within a system of portable data storage devices which the data storage device is a part of, wherein the content self-organization unit self-organizes the content available to the data storage device within the system of portable data storage devices via (i) content move actions, (ii) content copy actions, and (iii) acquisition of new content not yet present in the system, based upon use of the updated storage profile.