Patent ID: 8577420

Claim:
A method for use on an electronic device, the method comprising: retrieving information related to a plurality of media items stored on an external device and available to be copied from the external device to the electronic device; retrieving information related to content existing in a play list stored on the electronic device; comparing the retrieved information related to the plurality of available media items with the retrieved information related to content existing in the play list to determine items from the plurality of available media items that are already included in the play list; displaying a menu on a display of the electronic device, the menu including a plurality of selectable menu items, wherein each menu item, when selected, navigates to one or more nested sub-menus in a plurality of sub-menus into which the plurality of available media items are organized hierarchically according to one or more category descriptors of the plurality of available media items; and displaying visual indicators next to each menu item displayed in the menu on the display of the electronic device for which at least one available media item included within the one or more nested sub-menus navigable to from that menu item is already included in the play list stored on the electronic device.