Media processing methods and arrangements

A method employing a portable device including a processor, microphone and an interface to receive user inputs, the portable device also including a display screen, said method comprising:

• without user prompting, capturing audio content with the microphone during a background media collection mode, and providing the audio content for processing, the processing comprising deriving an identifier from characteristics of the audio content;
• communicating portable device location information to a remote computer system;
• in response to the providing, receiving data including a title associated with the audio content;
• in response to a first user request, through the interface, displaying information on the display screen, the displayed information being associated with audio content captured by other portable devices in an area associated with the portable device location information, in which the displayed information is presented in map form;
• and
• in response to a second user request, through the interface, displaying a history of previously encountered audio content on the display screen;
• and maintaining geographic data related to a capture location of an item of audio content represented in the history.

A portable device comprising:

• a microphone for capturing audio content;
• a display screen;
• an interface for receiving user inputs;
• and
• one or more processors programmed for:
• operating a background media collection mode in which audio content is captured with the microphone without user prompting of audio capture;
• processing the audio content to yield fingerprint data;
• communicating the fingerprint data to a remote computer system;
• in response to said communicating, receiving data including a title associated with the audio content;
• controlling display of the title on the display screen;
• in response to a first user request, through the interface, controlling display of information on the display screen, the information being associated with audio content captured by other portable devices in an area associated with said portable device;
• in response to a second user request, through the interface, controlling display of a history of previously encountered audio content on the display screen;
• and
• maintaining geographic data related to a capture location for a represented item of audio content within the history.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon to cause one or more processors to perform the following:

• receiving a first user request, through a device interface, for processing audio content captured with a microphone carried by a portable device;
• processing the audio content to yield fingerprint data;
• communicating the fingerprint data to a remote computer system;
• controlling receipt of data including a title associated with the audio content;
• controlling display of the title on a display screen;
• in response to a second user request, through the interface, controlling display of information on the display screen, the displayed information being associated with audio content captured by other portable devices in an area associated with the portable device, in which said controlling display of information presents the displayed information in map form;
• and
• in response to a third user request, through the interface, controlling display of a history of previously encountered audio content;
• and maintaining geographic data related to a capture location of an item of audio content represented in the history.