Patent ID: 7293227

Claim:
A method for processing image files, said method comprising: sending, from a computing device to a metadata provider, an identifier value associated with a media file, said identifier value being associated with an identifier, said identifier comprising WMCollectionID, said media file storing media content to be rendered with an application program executed by the computing device, wherein the media content comprises audio data; receiving metadata corresponding to the media content stored in the media file from the metadata provider in response to the sent identifier value, said received metadata including an image file; and storing the received image file in a directory with the media file, said received image file comprising album cover art associated with the audio data, said received image file having a filename, said filename comprising an identifier value corresponding to the media content stored in the media file, wherein storing the received image file in the directory with the media file comprises overwriting an existing image file stored in the directory with the received image file.