Method and apparatus for a life management server

A life management network, comprising:

• a plurality of home devices proximately coupled to the life management network and adapted to maintain time dependent information;
• and
• a life management server adapted to detect the plurality of home devices within a circumference, the life management server comprising:
• a first storage area adapted to reflect the time dependent information of each of the plurality of home devices;
• and
• a second storage area adapted to reflect time dependent information to be shared between the plurality of home devices, wherein the life management server detects differences between the first storage area and the time dependent information of each of the plurality of home devices.

A life management server proximately coupled to a network, the life management server comprising:

• means for establishing the proximate connection to the network;
• means for detecting the presence of devices within the network;
• means for comparing internal data to data stored within each device;
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• means for synchronizing the internal data to the data stored within each device.

A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which are executable by a home platform by performing steps comprising:

• establishing a proximate connection to a network;
• detecting the presence of devices within the network;
• comparing internal data to data stored within each device;
• and
• synchronizing the internal data to the data stored within each device.

A home network, comprising:

• a plurality of home devices coupled to the home network and adapted to exchange content with the home network;
• a content server coupled to the home network and adapted to exchange content with the plurality of home devices, the content server comprising:
• a Local Area Network (LAN) interface coupled to the plurality of home devices;
• and
• a service discovery module adapted to receive subscription requests from the plurality of home devices, wherein notifications to the plurality of home devices are sent by the content server in response to the subscription requests when content within the content server has changed.