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 computer-implemented method comprising:
establishing, by a first computing device, a wireless synchronization connection to a second computing device; and transferring, by the first computing device to the second computing device over the synchronization connection, wireless configuration setup parameters used by the first computing device to connect to a particular wireless network, wherein the wireless configuration setup parameters are re-used by the second computing device to connect to the particular wireless network.