Patent ID: 7444645
Filing Date: 2008-10-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method in a computer system for detecting electronic devices having audio and/or visual content and launching computer programs to present the audio and/or visual content, comprising: detecting attachment of an electronic device to said computer system, wherein said electronic device includes an internal memory for storing said audio and/or visual content; obtaining data describing said electronic device from an operating system, wherein said data includes information related to installation of said electronic device; detecting said audio and/or visual content on the internal memory, wherein said detecting includes identifying a plurality of audio and/or visual content types residing on the electronic device and obtaining the content types including enumerating the content types from the electronic device; for each of at least a portion of said plurality of audio and/or visual content types identified, assigning one or more computer programs to launch the audio and/or visual content detected on the internal memory; and launching at least a portion of the one or more computer programs to present at least a portion of the audio and/or visual content to the user without user intervention in response to said detecting.