Method and apparatus for mediating among media applications

Details Method and apparatus for mediating among media applications Method and apparatus for mediating among media applications

2011-05-10

2011-05-10

Knoll, Clifford H (Department: 2111)

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Access arbitrating

C710S040000, C709S232000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07941582

ABSTRACT:
In a device that can execute multiple media applications, but only one at a time, a media server coordinates among applications, but neither the media server nor the individual applications maintain rules regarding all of the different applications. Each connection used by an application is assigned a priority and communicates that priority to the media server when the connection is established. When an application requests to begin playback, the request is granted if no other application is playing, or if another application is playing on a connection having a priority at most equal to that of the connection used by the requesting application, but is denied if the connection already in use has a higher priority. Resumption of an application that was interrupted by another application on a connection with higher priority is determined by the interrupted application after the interruption ends, based on information communicated by the media server.

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