Patent ID: 7933670
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: A63F,G06F

Abstract:
1. In a device configured for audio playback, a system comprising: a first memory space for storing a game console dashboard and a first memory queue including a list of audio tracks when the device is in a dashboard mode and for storing data for a game when the device is in a game playing mode; a second memory space, separate from the first memory space, for storing a second memory queue having less storage space than the first memory queue; logic that, before transitioning the device from the dashboard mode to the game playing mode, copies data of the list of audio tracks included in the first memory queue to the second memory queue, including truncating the data of the list of audio tracks when necessary to store a subset of the list of audio tracks in the second memory queue; and logic that uses the second memory queue for audio playback while the device is in the game playing mode and after transitioning the device from the game playing mode back to the dashboard mode, such that audio playback is not halted upon transitioning to another game while the device is in the game playing mode and is not halted upon transitioning the device from the game playing mode back to the dashboard mode.