US Patent 9665169 Media playback after reduced wakefulness

Technology for media playback is provided. In one example, a method may include identifying playback of media. Wakefulness data may be collected during the consumption from a wakefulness detector. A determination may be made whether an asleep state exists. The determination may be based on the wakefulness data collected from the wakefulness detector and based on historical user sleep data. The method may include terminating the playback of the media when the asleep state is determined to exist and resuming playback of the media upon request.