Patent ID: 8612888

Claim:
A method for accessing and managing digital media libraries on a streamlined computing device with a plurality of selectable I/O profiles, the method comprising: displaying a graphical user interface on the computing device, wherein the graphical user interface comprises at least a plurality of views of digital media content; providing for transition between the plurality of views in response to selection of an I/O profile; providing for transition between the plurality of views in response to activation of a view selector component configured to permit a user to select one of the plurality of views, wherein providing for the transition between the plurality of views in response to selection of the I/O profile includes: permitting the user to rotate a display component of the computing device about a longitudinal axis running along an interface between the display component and a base of the streamlined computing device; wherein rotating the display component about the longitudinal axis from a closed mode to a first physical orientation configures the computing device into a laptop mode having a first physical configuration of the display component and the base, with one of the plurality of views as a default display; and wherein rotating the display component about the longitudinal axis from the closed mode to a second physical orientation configures the computing device into another display mode having a second physical configuration of the display component and the base, with another one of the plurality of views as the default display; associating at least one of a plurality of visual representations with digital media content; executing the association with the at least one of the plurality of visual representations with digital media content in response to selection; transitioning a display on the computing device to a view of the digital media content in response to the act of executing the association; and providing for display of user digital media content and referenced digital media content in the view of the digital media content.