Media experience for touch screen devices

摘要

A method may include receiving and outputting a selected multimedia stream at a mobile device. It is determined that a user wishes to browse other available multimedia streams. The selected multimedia stream is paused while the user browses the other available multimedia streams. The selected multimedia stream is cached while the user browses the other available multimedia streams. It is determined that the user has finished browsing the other available multimedia streams. The cached multimedia stream is output.

主权项

1. A computing-device implemented method, comprising:
receiving a selected multimedia stream at a mobile device; outputting the selected multimedia stream; determining that a user wishes to browse other available multimedia streams; pausing the selected multimedia stream when it is determined that the user wishes to browse the other available multimedia streams; determining an amount of time that the selected multimedia stream was being output prior to pausing the selected multimedia stream; determining a user interest in the selected multimedia stream based on the amount of time that the selected multimedia stream was being output prior to pausing the selected multimedia stream; determining whether to cache the selected multimedia stream based on the user interest in the selected multimedia stream; caching, when it is determined to cache the selected multimedia stream, the selected multimedia stream by storing, in a memory, content of the selected multimedia stream that is received while the selected multimedia stream is paused, and while the user browses the other available multimedia streams; determining that the user has finished browsing the other available multimedia streams; and outputting the cached multimedia stream based on determining that the user has finished browsing the other available multimedia streams.