Media server maker ReQuest is hoping to profit off of the work media device makers with threats of a possible patent lawsuit over media syncing, one company revealed after getting a notice letter. A copy obtained this week shows that the Ballston Spa, New York-based firm has been reaching out to companies claiming that they may be using two patents for automatically syncing music, photos, and videos. CNET was told that the letter, like with most of its kind, was really just a thinly disguised threat of a lawsuit unless the companies paid a royalty without contesting
