Interrupting and Resuming a Media Player

• US 20100105361A1
• Filed: 01/04/2010
• Published: 04/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Balakrishnan, Govind, Thilgen, Chris, Davis, Angus, Borcic, Rob
• Granted Patent: US 8,000,690 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.200
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4333 Processing operations in response to a pause request
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8455 involving pointers to the content, e.g. pointers to the I-frames of the video stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/7921 for more than one processing mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

In an embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes playing a content file with a media player on a cellular telephone. Also, the method includes receiving an interrupt event. Moreover, the method includes saving state of the media player on the cellular telephone in the media player.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

executing a content file on a telephone;

receiving an interrupt event from an operating system on the telephone, the interrupt event indicating receipt of a signal originating from other than user input to the telephone; and

saving state data on the telephone, wherein the state data indicates information about the content file when the interrupt event is received and saving the state data includes saving information regarding an execution point of the file corresponding to a time that the interrupt event is received.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the signal is one of a telephone call, a message or a notification.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein executing the content file includes executing one of video, audio or image content.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the content file is executed by a media player.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the signal originates from an application other than the media player.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

completing handling of the interrupt event; and

accessing the content file on the telephone in response to completing handling the interrupt event.

7. A system, comprising:

a telephone including a processor and an operating system; and

a local storage device on which instructions are stored, wherein the local storage device is coupled to the processor and the instructions are operable to cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

executing a content file on the telephone;

receiving an interrupt event from the operating system on the telephone, the interrupt event indicating receipt of a signal originating from other than user input to the telephone; and

saving state data in the media player, wherein the state data indicates information about the content file when the interrupt event is received and saving the state data includes saving information regarding an execution point of the file corresponding to a time that the interrupt event is received.

8. The system of claim 7, further comprising a media player, wherein the media player is configured to execute the content file.

9. The system of claim 7, further comprising a set of content files embodied in the local storage device.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising means for receiving a response to a query from a user.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising a user input interface coupled to the processor, wherein executing the content file includes presenting one of video, audio or image content to the user on the user input interface.

12. A computer program product tangibly embodied in a machine-readable storage device for interrupting and resuming a media player on a cellular telephone having an operating system, the product comprising instructions operable to cause one or more data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

executing a content file on a telephone;

receiving an interrupt event from an operating system on the telephone, the interrupt event indicating receipt of a signal originating from other than user input to the telephone; and

saving state data on the telephone, wherein the state data indicates information about the content file when the interrupt event is received and saving the state data includes saving information regarding an execution point of the file corresponding to a time that the interrupt event is received.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the signal is one of a telephone call, a message or a notification.

14. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein executing the content file includes executing one of video, audio or image content.

15. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the content file is executed by a media player.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the signal originates from an application other than the media player.

17. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise:

completing handling of the interrupt event; and

accessing the content file on the telephone in response to completing handling the interrupt event.