Patent ID: 9733809
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: presenting, by a processor of an electronic device, a first media player and a plurality of elements in a user interface (UI); providing a first playback of a first media item in the first media player in the UI; in response to receiving user input, scrolling the plurality of elements to remove from view, from the UI, one or more of the plurality of elements that were visible in the UI prior to the user input, and to display, in the UI, a second media player that was not visible in the UI prior to the user input; continuing, during the scrolling of the plurality of elements, the first playback of the first media item by the first media player that remains visible in the UI during the scrolling of the plurality of elements; determining that the second media player is configured to start a second playback of a second media item without a user playback request, in response to the second media player becoming visible in the UI; and preventing the second media player from starting the second playback of the second media item during the first playback of the first media item by the first media player that is visible in the UI.