1. 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: receiving a first user request, through the interface, for processing audio content captured with the microphone; 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; displaying the title on the display screen; in response to a second 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, in which the displayed information is presented in map form; in response to a third 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.