Patent ID: 8851992

Claim:
A game apparatus, comprising: a display apparatus with a computing device; user input devices; an audio output port; and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a game program stored therein, the game program causing the computing device of the game apparatus to implement a method comprising: displaying a listing of game modules of the game program on the display apparatus, wherein the game modules include a music player module; receiving a selection of the music player module from a user via the user input devices; with the music player module, playing music by outputting to the audio output port an audio signal based on digital music files stored in a memory and accessed by the music player module; receiving a sleep mode initiation signal; in response, placing the game modules except for the music player module in sleep states, whereby the playing music step continues after performance of the placing step by the music player module with the music player module having uninterrupted access to the digital music files in the memory; after the placing step, receiving user input via the user input devices providing music player control commands; and in response to the receiving of the user input, operating the music player module, which was operating prior to the receiving of the user input and without activating an additional program to control the music player module, to process the user input to modify the playing of the music based on the music player control commands.