Abstract: Audio presentations of a media content delivered onto a device are interrupted using commands not otherwise known to or programmed in to a messaging application used to present the content to the user of the device. In one embodiment, an electronic message having textual content is received at the mobile device, where it is translated into an audio stream, and presented (i.e., played back) to the user of the device within the messaging application. The user provides, and the application receives a string of identical user commands that are not specifically defined or programmed in as commands within the messaging application, and playback of the audio stream is modified according to the received string of user commands.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention provide techniques and supporting systems for allowing a user to interrupt operation of an application in a hands-free manner. In one example, a software application responds to a combination of predefined physical actions and/or verbal utterances from the user, and cause the mobile communication device to pause or change its actions.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems for presenting an audible representation of an advertising message delivered onto a mobile device. An electronic message is received at a mobile device. The message has textual content and at least one topic component. The textual content is translated into an audio stream and the topic component is identified from the message. Advertisements having the same or similar topic components as the topic component extracted from the message are identified and interjected into the audible representation of the message. The advertisement and the message emanate from different sources.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention provide techniques and supporting systems for allowing a user to interrupt operation of an application in a hands-free manner. In one example, a software application responds to a combination of predefined physical actions and/or verbal utterances from the user, and cause the mobile communication device to pause or change its actions.