Patent ID: 8755921

Claim:
A method comprising: outputting, by a first application, continuous audio corresponding to a file read by the first application, wherein the first application is executing on a computing device; receiving, at the first application, an interruptive notification associated with a second application, wherein the interruptive notification corresponds to interrupting the continuous audio output by the first application; pausing the outputting continuous audio by the first application based on receiving the interruptive notification; analyzing, by the first application, the continuous audio to identify a portion of the continuous audio that was previously output to be re-output; outputting interruptive audio associated with the interruptive notification and the second application during the pausing; and in response to receiving, by the first application, a resume message upon completion of the interruptive audio, resuming the outputting continuous audio by the first application at a location associated with a most recent tag in the file read by the first application, the resuming including automatically re-outputting, without user interaction or instruction, the portion of the continuous audio identified by the first application, wherein the most recent tag in the file read by the first application is included in the file from which the first application outputs the continuous audio.