US 12,135,917 B2
Audio passback
Christian Facey, London (GB); and Wilfrid Obeng-Boakye, London (GB)
Assigned to AUDIOMOB LTD, London (GB)
Filed by AUDIOMOB LTD, London (GB)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/430,828.
Application 18/430,828 is a continuation of application No. 18/143,722, filed on May 5, 2023, granted, now 11,983,460.
Application 18/143,722 is a continuation of application No. 17/477,965, filed on Sep. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,681,494, issued on Jun. 20, 2023.
Application 17/477,965 is a continuation of application No. PCT/GB2021/051585, filed on Jun. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/042,296, filed on Jun. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0168704 A1, May 23, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); A63F 13/61 (2014.01); G06Q 30/0242 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [A63F 13/61 (2014.09); G06Q 30/0242 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for playing audio on a device, the method comprising the steps of:
initiating, by a component of a digital work, during a rendering of the digital work, a request to a server which is external to the device for audio data, the digital work including video data;
in response to the request, the component of the digital work receiving the audio data as an audio file from the server;
while continuing the rendering of the digital work on the device with the video data of the digital work unaffected, the component of the digital work suspending playback or reducing the volume of first audio data currently playing on the device and playing the received audio data on the device;
when the received audio data stops playing, continuing with the rendering of the digital work on the device and resuming playback or increasing the volume of the first audio data previously playing on the device;
when the device volume is at or above a predetermined non-zero threshold then starting to monitor how much of the audio data has been played back; and
reporting the monitored playback amount in time, percentage and/or reaching a quartile milestone using an event tracker within the audio file containing the audio data, wherein the component carries out the monitoring and reporting steps.