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Ez4media, Inc.

Jonathan L Nichols

Nicholas Robert Kalayjian

Craig M Janik

Axel Fuchs

A time budget during which a portable device will be enabled to acquire content is established and the time budget as well as a filter is used to determine which content the portable device will acquire during a synchronization process.

System and method for automatically synchronizing and acquiring content for battery-powered devices

Various synchronization and content acquisition tasks able to be performed by a portable device are governed by reference to a budget. In operation, the budget may be adjusted as a function of a state of a battery associated with the portable device, as a function of one more file sizes associated with content to be acquired, as a function of a data transfer rate, and/or as a function of a temperature associated with the portable device. A filter may also be provided for use in determining which content the portable device will acquire.

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Santa Cruz, CA, United States of America

Jonathan L Nichols