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US 10,095,469 B2Granted
Playback based on identification
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorsRobert Reimann, David Taylor, Abhishek Kumar
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Abstract
At least one first user and at least one second user is identified. At least one audio track is selected based on (a) the identification of the at least one first user, (b) the identification of the at least one second user, and (c) a time of day. A playback device begins playback of the selected at least one audio track.
Claims20
A network device comprising:
- at least one processor;
- data storage;
- and
- a program logic stored in the data storage and executable by the at least one processor to perform functions comprising:
- determining a first playback condition comprising an identification of at least one first user and a second playback condition comprising an identification of at least one second user;
- selecting at least one audio track based on (a) the first playback condition comprising the determined identification of the at least one first user, (b) the second playback condition comprising the determined identification of the at least one second user, and (c) a third playback condition comprising a time of day;
- and
- causing a playback device to begin playback of the selected at least one audio track.
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A method comprising:
- determining a first playback condition comprising an identification of at least one first user and a second playback condition comprising an identification of at least one second user;
- selecting at least one audio track based on the first playback condition comprising (a) the determined identification of the at least one first user, (b) the second playback condition comprising the determined identification of the at least one second user, and (c) a third playback condition comprising a time of day;
- and
- causing a playback device to begin playback of the selected at least one audio track.
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A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable memory having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:
- determining a first playback condition comprising an identification of at least one first user and a second playback condition comprising an identification of at least one second user;
- selecting at least one audio track based on (a) the first playback condition comprising the determined identification of the at least one first user, (b) the second playback condition comprising the determined identification of the at least one second user, and (c) a third playback condition comprising a time of day;
- and
- causing a playback device to begin playback of the selected at least one audio track.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.