Patent ID: 11861262
Assignee: SNAP INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A user device providing an audio playback function and a display function, the user device comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, implement the audio playback function and the display function and configure the device to:
execute a first application, the first application generating a first audio output and a first video output from one or more multimedia content items;
provide the first audio output to the audio playback function;
cause the audio playback function to reproduce the first audio output;
provide the first video output to the display function;
detect a user request to execute a second application, the second application being configured to generate a second audio output and a second video output;
upon detecting the user request:
execute the second application; and
determine whether the first application further generates a first subtitle output from the multimedia content items;

in response to determining that the first application generates the first subtitle output from the multimedia content items:
provide the second audio output of the second application to the audio playback function; and
cause the audio playback function to reproduce the second audio output of the second application while the display function of the user device causes display of the first video output of the first application

detect a user input via volume controls of the user device; and
in response to detecting the user input, cause the audio playback function to reproduce the first audio output of the first application while the display function of the user device causes display of the second video output of the second application.