Patent ID: 6914625

Claim:
A method for enhancing performance of a high-capacity storage media in a digital imaging device, comprising: a) storing images on the storage media, the images including tags for categorizing the images; b) generating an image category list from the tags in the images and storing the category list on the storage media, the image category list including a default category; c) accessing the image category list in order to display the images, wherein only the images belonging to the default category are displayed, thereby speeding access to, and display of, the images; and d) synchronizing the image category list with the images on the storage media when it has been determined that at least one image was deleted, added, or recategorized, wherein the synchronization includes, i) automatically synchronizing the image category list when the storage media is under control of the digital imaging device, and ii) performing a subsequent synchronization of the image category list after it has been determined that at least one image was deleted, added, or recategorized when the storage media was under control of an external device.