Patent ID: 7668842
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: G06F,G11B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computerized method for enabling efficient navigation of a playlist of media files stored on a computer-readable medium, said computerized method comprising: identifying one or more media files associated with a playlist; defining media file references for the identified media files; retrieving metadata corresponding to each of the identified media files; and storing the defined media file references and the retrieved metadata in a plurality of playlist units representative of the playlist to aid user selection of the media files prior to rendering the media files, wherein storing the media file references and the retrieved metadata comprises storing the media file references and the retrieved metadata on a computer-readable medium in the plurality of playlist units, each of said playlist units having a size derived from a sector size associated with the computer-readable medium, wherein at least two of the plurality of playlist units include media file references, and wherein all of the retrieved metadata corresponding to each of the identified media files is stored in the same playlist unit as the defined media file reference for the identified media file.