Patent ID: 7650563
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for collecting metadata for media content, said method comprising: automatically detecting an event generated in response to connection of each of a plurality of first devices to a second device, said first devices each having a media file stored thereon; determining an identifier associated with the media file in response to the detected event, said identifier identifying metadata associated with media content stored in the media file on the first devices; obtaining the identified metadata for the media file from a metadata provider using the determined identifier; storing the obtained metadata in a memory area associated with the second device; aggregating, on the second device, the stored metadata; displaying the aggregated metadata to a user via the second device; enabling the user to manipulate the aggregated metadata via the second device and to access the aggregated metadata on the second device after termination of the connection of one or more of the plurality of first devices to the second device; and altering the display of the aggregated metadata on the second device in response to said termination, wherein altering the display of the aggregated metadata comprises one or more of the following: dimming, shading, tinting, bolding, and italicizing.