Kipley J. Olson

System and method for the distribution and synchronization of data and state information between clients in a distributed processing system

Methods for performing client-hosted application sessions in distributed processing systems

Supervised license acquisition in a digital rights management system on a computing device

Automatic rules-based device synchronization

Media file conversion using plug-ins

Providing firmware updates to portable media devices

Methods and systems for creating skins

Methods and systems for retrieving, organizing, and playing media content

Methods and systems for synchronizing skin properties

Methods, systems and media players for rendering different media types