WIRELESS SYNCHRONIZATION OF MEDIA CONTENT AND SUBSCRIPTION CONTENT

摘要

Arrangements are provided which use a host computer to configure a wireless portable device's network connection parameters. The radio on the portable device may be used to help locate nearby accessible wireless networks. Once a synchronization relationship between the portable device and a media library on a host computer is established, periodically updated content, such as podcasts, may be discovered and subscribed to using software on the host computer, and the content synchronized with the host computer. A portable device may manage episodic content, such as podcasts, using the device's own wireless connection, and may further send such content to other portable devices. A central user profile may be set up on a web server to synchronize multiple wireless or wired devices.

主权项

1. A computing device comprising:
at least one processor; and memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to:
establish a wireless synchronization connection to a portable computing device;receive, from the portable computing device over the wireless synchronization connection, wireless configuration setup parameters used by the portable computing device to connect to a particular wireless local area network and subscription data used by the portable device to access a web-based media content delivery service over the Internet;re-use the wireless configuration setup parameters to connect to the particular wireless local area network; andre-use the subscription data to access the web-based media content delivery service over the Internet.