Patent ID: 8489594
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, from a server, a message indicating that an override file should be accessed and inserted in an override queue, the override file being a media file originating from a source other than a playlist; responsive to receiving the message from the server, accessing the override file and inserting the override file in the override queue; prompting, while a device is accessing a playlist of files hosted on the server, a user on the device for a preference to continue to access the playlist of files or to access the override file; sending a message to the server indicating a selected preference; determining, in response to receiving the selected preference and by monitoring on the device, a point in the playlist of files currently being played on the device at which to subsequently play the override file, the determined point to be monitored for is a) between an end of a first file being played from the playlist and a beginning of a second file in the playlist or b) at a detection of silence in the playing of the playlist; interrupting, based on the received message from the server, playing of the playlist of files in response to the playing of the playlist reaching the determined point; playing the override file on the device in response to the interrupting of the playing of the playlist; and automatically resuming from the determined point, playing of the playlist of files on the device after the playing of the override file, wherein the playlist of files is not altered by the playing of the override file.