System and method for synching Portable Media Player content with storage space optimization

A device for use with a content provider operable to provide content, the content including a plurality of content components, said device comprising:

• a communication portion operable to receive the content from the content provider;
• a memory portion;
• a parsing portion operable to parse the content into the plurality of content components and to store the parsed plurality of content components within said memory portion;
• a counting portion operable to provide a counter for each of the parsed plurality of content components within said memory portion, respectively;
• and
• a processing portion operable to retrieve one of the parsed plurality of content components within said memory portion and to process the retrieved one of the parsed plurality of content components within said memory portion,
• wherein said counting portion is further operable to perform at least one of incrementing the counter and decrementing the counter associated with the retrieved one of the parsed plurality of content components within said memory portion,
• wherein said processing portion is further operable to:
• compare the counter associated with one of the parsed plurality of content components to a predetermined threshold;
• and
• delete at least one of said plurality of content components in response to the comparison.

A device-readable non-transitory media having device-readable instructions stored thereon, the device-readable instructions being capable of being read by a device to be used with content from a content provider, the content including a plurality of content components, the device-readable instructions being capable of instructing the device to perform the method comprising:

• receiving, by way of a communication portion, the content from the content provider;
• parsing, by way of a parsing portion, the content into the plurality of content components;
• storing, into a memory portion, the parsed plurality of content components;
• providing, by way of a counting portion, a counter for each of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion, respectively;
• retrieving, by way of a processing portion, one of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion;
• processing, by way of the processing portion, the retrieved one of the parsed plurality of content components;
• performing, by way of the processing portion, at least one of incrementing the counter and decrementing the counter associated with the retrieved one of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion;
• comparing, by way of the processing portion, the counter associated with one of the parsed plurality of content components to a predetermined threshold;
• and
• deleting at least one of said plurality of content components in response to the comparison.