Patent ID: 7062338

Claim:
A method of organizing digital audio tracks on a predetermined media for navigation and selection by a user of an audio player having a display, said predetermined media storing said digital audio tracks in a directory based file system, said method comprising the steps of: scanning said predetermined media to locate each of said digital audio tracks and to determine a total number of tracks; numbering said digital audio tracks with a flat-file selection number from a first flat-file selection number to a last flat-file selection number in a flat tile mode; numbering each directory within said file system containing at least one of said digital audio tracks from a first directory number to a last directory number in a single-level directory mode; numbering digital audio tracks within each numbered directory with an in-directory selection number from a respective first in-directory selection number to a respective last in-directory selection number; said user selecting either said flat file mode or said directory mode; when in said flat file mode, said audio player displaying said flat-file selection numbers and said user searching for a desired digital audio track by sequentially navigating through said flat-file selection numbers; and when in said directory mode, said audio player displaying said directory numbers and said in-directory selection numbers and said user selecting a desired directory and then searching for a desired digital audio track by sequentially navigating through said in-directory selection numbers; and wherein said display has the ability to display a maximum of one selection number at a time.