Patent ID: 7441192

Claim:
A method for selecting and playing a multimedia file, comprising: a) selecting a multimedia file from a library of multimedia files, each multimedia file within the library being categorized by a description and a unique multidimensional coordinate comprising a plurality of axis values, each axis value defining a characteristic of the multimedia content of the file, said selecting comprising: (1) Repeatedly activating at least one of a set of user-operated controls, each dedicated to an axis different from the axes to which the other user-operated controls are assigned, each activating causing a different selection of a value only on the axis to which said user-operated control is dedicated; and (2) viewing each description associated with the multimedia file whose axes values are selected by said user-operated controls as it appears on a display system; b) accepting the multimedia file that is displayed on said display system; and c) playing the multimedia file that is accepted on a player system.