Intelligent interaction between media player and host computer

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Z [100 PERSONAL coMPuTER MEDIA MEDIA MANAGER \/\/ PLAYER I Z I (106 108 102 FIG. 1 234 200 PERSONAL [ COMPUTER 202 MEDIA MANAGER 2 MEDIA [ PLAYER 206 MEDIA MEDIA DATABASE \/Z\/ DATABASE Z 212 (I 208 210

FIG. 2

SYNCHRONIZE MEDIA CONTENT BETWEEN THE MEDIA PLAYER AND M 304 THE PERSONAL COMPUTER

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FIG. 3

400

READ PLAYER MEDIA INFORMATION
FROM THE MEDIA DATABASE ON ’\J 402
THE MEDIA PLAYER

A-4 404

DETERMINE wHIcH MEDIA ITEMS
T0 COPY BASED 0N THE M 406
COMPARISON INFORMATION

COPY THE DETERMINED MEDIA ITEMS AND UPDATE THE M 408 APPROPRIATE MEDIA DATABASE(S)

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FIG. 4

RETRIEVE MEDIA ATTRIBUTES OF MEDIA ITEMS 510 N STORED ON THE MEDIA DEVICE

FORWARD THE MEDIA ATTRIBUTES TO HOST 512 N COMPUTER

FIG. 5A