ACCESSING DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT VIA METADATA

摘要

A method of using a controller unit to access content stored on a digital content storage device having one or more records containing metadata associated with the content on the storage device. The method includes downloading from the storage device to a controller unit at least some of the metadata; storing the downloaded metadata in a database accessible to the controller unit; and accessing content on the storage device from the controller unit using at least a portion of the downloaded metadata in the database.