UNIFIED MEDIA FILE ARCHITECTURE

1 . A computerized system comprising:

at least one subsystem that identifies one or more sources of media content;

at least one subsystem that unifies media content to create a superset of available content from the one or more sources of media content;

at least one subsystem that allows a device to synchronize with the available content from the one or more sources of media content; and

at least one subsystem that presents a graphical user interface through which a user may browse a unified view of the available content and access the available content from any of the one or more sources of media content.

2 . The computerized system of claim 1 further comprising at least one subsystem that provides a discovery mechanism for one or more connectors that are capable of communicating with the one or more sources of media content.

3 . The computerized system of claim 1 further comprising at least one subsystem that identifies when the device is connected to the computerized system.

4 . The computerized system of claim 1 wherein one or more sources of media content comprise libraries.

5 . The computerized system of claim 1 wherein one or more sources of media content comprise folders and files.

6 . The computerized system of claim 1 further comprising at least one subsystem that filters the available content for the device.

7 . The computerized system of claim 1 wherein the device is a mobile wireless device.

8 . An apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a machine accessible medium to store instructions, the instructions when executed by the processor cause the apparatus to:

identify media content available from two or more sources;

create unified information about the media content

monitor the two or more sources for a change to the media content; and

upon detection of the change, update the unified information.

9 . The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the unified information about the media content is maintained in one or more data structures.

10 . The apparatus of claim 8 further comprising instructions to determine specific types of the two or more sources from which media content can be identified.

11 . The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the apparatus is a personal computer.

12 . A mobile wireless device comprising:

a processor;

a machine accessible medium to store instructions, the instructions when executed cause the processor to:

display on available content from two or more sources of media content;

request a change to media content already present on the mobile wireless device; and

update the content already present on the mobile wireless device with a subset of the available content from the two or more sources of media content.

13 . A computerized method comprising:

discovering one or more sources of media content;

creating a desired library comprising a subset of available content from the one or more sources of media content; and

transferring the desired library to a mobile wireless device.

14 . The computerized method of claim 13 wherein transferring the desired library comprises adding media content to the mobile wireless device.

15 . The computerized method of claim 13 wherein transferring the desired library comprises removing media content from the mobile wireless device.

16 . The computerized method of claim 13 further comprising determining how the desired library differs from the content already present on the mobile wireless device.

17 . The computerized method of claim 16 further comprising identifying actions to modify the content already present on the device to match the desired library.

18 . The computerized method of claim 13 wherein the desired library is created by a user.

19 . The computerized method of claim 13 wherein the desired library is created automatically.

20 . The computerized method of claim 13 wherein updating the mobile wireless device is performed over a wired connection.

21 . A computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for executing a method of managing media content, the method comprising:

identifying one or more sources of media content;

unifying available content from the one or more sources of media content;

presenting a graphical user interface through which a user may access the available content; and

allowing a device to synchronize with the available content from the one or more sources of media content

22 . The computer readable medium of claim 21 further comprising discovering for one or more connectors that are capable of communicating with the one or more sources of media content.

23 . The computer readable medium of claim 21 further comprising identifying when the device is connected to the computerized system.

24 . The computer readable medium of claim 21 wherein the one or more sources of media content comprise libraries.

25 . The computer readable medium of claim 21 wherein the one or more sources of media content comprise folders and files.

26 . The computer readable medium of claim 21 wherein the one or more sources of media content are individually accessible by the user.

27 . The computerized system of claim 21 wherein the device is a mobile wireless device.