Patent ID: 8020183

Claim:
In combination with an audiovisual information management system resident on an electronic device having a memory, a usage history description scheme for at least one of an audio, an image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames, said usage history description scheme comprising: (a) said usage history description scheme stored on a mobile storage device selectively insertable into a multimedia system, and containing information about a user with respect to said at least one of said audio, image, and video based upon previous usage of said at least one of said audio, image, and video, said usage history description scheme used by said system to automatically periodically update a usage preference description of said user on said mobile storage device, while said mobile storage device is inserted in said multimedia system; (b) content descriptions referenced by said usage history description scheme; and (c) said system including referencing functionality permitting said usage history description scheme to reference selected portions of selected said content descriptions.