Interrupting and resuming a media player
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1. A method, comprising:
- playing a content file with a media player on a cellular telephone;
receiving an interrupt event from an operating system on the cellular telephone, the interrupt event indicating an incoming telephone call; and
saving state data on the cellular telephone in the media player, wherein the state data indicates information about the content file accessed by the media player 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.
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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.
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1. A method, comprising:
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playing a content file with a media player on a cellular telephone; receiving an interrupt event from an operating system on the cellular telephone, the interrupt event indicating an incoming telephone call; and saving state data on the cellular telephone in the media player, wherein the state data indicates information about the content file accessed by the media player 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system, comprising:
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a cellular telephone including a processor, an operating system, and a media player; 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; playing a content file with the media player on the cellular telephone; receiving an interrupt event from the operating system on the cellular telephone, the interrupt event indicating an incoming telephone call; and saving state data in the media player, wherein the state data indicates information about the content file accessed by the media player 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. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method, comprising:
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playing a content file with a media player on a cellular telephone; receiving an interrupt event from an operating system on the cellular telephone, the interrupt event indicating an incoming telephone call; saving state data on the cellular telephone in the media player, wherein the state data indicates information about the content file accessed by the media player when the interrupt event is received; accessing the media player on the cellular telephone with the state data saved in the media player; querying a user as to whether to resume play of the content file identified in the state data saved in the media player; receiving a response from the user regarding whether to resume play; and operating the media player responsive to the response from the user as to whether to resume play. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. 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:
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playing a content file with the media player on the cellular telephone; receiving an interrupt event from the operating system on the cellular telephone, the interrupt event indicating an incoming telephone call; and saving state data in the media player, wherein the state data indicates information about the content file accessed by the media player 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. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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