Patent ID: 9042579
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G01C,G11B,H04H

Abstract:
1. A method of presenting audio content to a user, the method comprising the steps of: reproducing audio content to the user from a primary audio source; a secondary audio source interrupting the audio content output by the primary audio source, the secondary audio source reproducing secondary audio content having priority over the output of the audio content from the primary audio source; muting the audio content from the primary audio source during the interruption by the secondary audio source; buffering audio content from the primary audio source in a buffer at a start of the interruption, the primary audio source uninterruptedly playing the audio content in real-time while buffering; reproducing the buffered audio content to the user at an accelerated playback speed following the interruption, the buffered audio content reproduced to the user further including audio content from a predetermined period of time prior to the interruption by the secondary audio source to the time when the audio content output from the buffer catches up to the real time audio content of the primary audio source, the audio content from the predetermined period of time prior to the interruption allowing the user to recollect the portion of the topic presented to the user prior to the interruption event.