Method and apparatus for transferring digital content from a personal computer to a mobile handset
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1. A method for playing content of a user on a mobile handset, comprising:
- providing one or more pieces of content on the mobile handset; and
performing content operations using a link aware application wherein the link aware application performs certain content operations when the mobile handset is connected by a particular link to a computing device,wherein performing content operations using the link aware application further comprises disabling a prefetch of content in a playlist on the mobile handset when the mobile handset has access to a particular link.
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Abstract
A system for synchronizing digital content stored on a user'"'"'s mobile handset with digital content stored on the user'"'"'s personal computer is disclosed.
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1. A method for playing content of a user on a mobile handset, comprising:
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providing one or more pieces of content on the mobile handset; and performing content operations using a link aware application wherein the link aware application performs certain content operations when the mobile handset is connected by a particular link to a computing device, wherein performing content operations using the link aware application further comprises disabling a prefetch of content in a playlist on the mobile handset when the mobile handset has access to a particular link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for playing content of a user on a mobile handset, comprising:
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providing one or more pieces of content on the mobile handset; performing content operations using a link aware application wherein the link aware application performs certain content operations when the mobile handset is connected by a particular link to a computing device, and wherein performing content operations using the link aware application further comprises downloading a piece of content at a minimum speed when the mobile handset is connected to a particular link and downloading the entire piece of content when the mobile handset is connected to a second link having a different characteristics than the particular link. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for sharing content of a user between a computer and a mobile handset, comprising:
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a computer having a content store that stores a plurality of pieces of content of the user; a mobile handset having a mobile handset content store that stores one or more pieces of content, the mobile handset having a display that displays the one or more pieces of content stored on the mobile handset and the plurality of pieces of content stored on the computer; and the mobile handset having an application that performs content operations using a link aware application wherein the link aware application performs certain content operations when the mobile handset is connected by a particular link to a computing device, and wherein the application disables a prefetch of content in a playlist on the mobile handset when the mobile handset has access to a particular link. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A system for sharing content of a user between a computer and a mobile handset, comprising:
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a computer having a content store that stores a plurality of pieces of content of the user; a mobile handset having a mobile handset content store that stores one or more pieces of content, the mobile handset having a display that displays the one or more pieces of content stored on the mobile handset and the plurality of pieces of content stored on the computer; and the mobile handset having an application that performs content operations using a link aware application wherein the link aware application performs certain content operations when the mobile handset is connected by a particular link to a computing device, and wherein the application downloads a piece of content at a minimum speed when the mobile handset is connected to a particular link and downloads the entire piece of content when the mobile handset is connected to a second link having a different characteristics than the particular link. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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