Patent ID: 7650570
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a graphical representation of a music library comprising: accessing metadata that describes a set of media items, the metadata including at least genre, artist, and year for each media item; generating a screen display wherein the screen display comprises a geometric shape, the geometric shape divided into a plurality of sectors representing genre of the music library, each sector sized to reflect a ratio between the number of media items associated with the sector and a total number of media items in the music library, and each sector divided into one or more sub-sectors representing artists associated with the sector, each sub-sector sized to reflect a ratio between the number of media items associated with the sub-sector and a total number of media items in the sector; in the screen display, displaying a mark for each one of the set of media items; and arranging the marks within the geometric shape so that each mark is positioned spaced apart from a selected point within the geometric shape according to the year of the corresponding media item, and each mark is positioned in the sector corresponding to the genre of the corresponding media item, and each mark is positioned in the sub-sector corresponding to the artist of the corresponding media item.