Patent ID: 8409006

Claim:
A method for providing audio information from a first handheld device to a second handheld device during game play of an interactive multiplayer video game engaged in by users of the first handheld device and the second handheld device, the first handheld device configured to execute program instructions of the interactive multiplayer video game and the second handheld device also configured to execute program instructions of the interactive multiplayer video game, each of the first handheld device and the second handheld device having wireless communications capability, comprising: executing at least some program instructions of the interactive multiplayer video game by the first handheld device; transmission of at least some audio information including a portion of a song by the wireless communications capability of the first handheld device; executing at least some program instructions of the interactive multiplayer video game by the second handheld device; reception by the wireless communications capability of the second handheld device of the at least some audio information transmitted by the wireless communication capability of the first handheld device, the reception occurring after the second handheld device has executed at least some of the program instructions of the interactive multiplayer video game; providing an audio presentation by the second handheld device of the portion of the song received by the second handheld device; and executing at least some further program instructions of the interactive multiplayer video game by the first handheld device, the execution of the at least some further program instructions occurring after the transmission of the at least some audio information by the wireless communications capability of the first handheld device.