US 11,115,405 B2Granted

Sharing access to a media service

AssigneeSonos, Inc.

InventorsRon Kuper, Sherwin Liu, Emilio Arce, Arthur L. Coburn, IV

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Abstract

Examples provided herein are directed to a computing device and media playback system sharing access to a media service corresponding to a media application installed on the computing device. In one example, a media playback system may be configured to (i) receive from the computing device an authorization code that corresponds to a media application installed on the computing device that is authorized to access media from a media service, (ii) transmit to the media service an authorization request with the authorization code, (iii) receive from the media service an authorization token that facilitates obtaining media from the media service, and (iv) transmit to the media service a request for media for playback by the media playback system, where the request for media includes the authorization token.

Claims30

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

at least one communication interface;
at least one processor;
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the system is configured to:
generate an authorization code that has an expiration time after which the authorization code expires;
transmit, via the at least one communication interface, at least one first message comprising the authorization code over a Wide Area Network (WAN);
receive, via the at least one communication interface, at least one second message comprising the authorization code from a computing device over the WAN;
determine that the received authorization code is valid based at least in part on the expiration time;
after determining that the authorization code is valid, generate a first authorization token;
transmit, via the at least one communication interface, at least one third message comprising the first authorization token to a playback device over the WAN;
receive, via the at least one communication interface, at least one fourth message comprising a second authorization token and a request for media content from the playback device over the WAN;
determine that the second authorization token is valid;
and
after determining that the second authorization token is valid, provide the playback device with temporary access to the media content.

10 more elements

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising program instructions that are executable by at least one processor such that a system is configured to:

generate an authorization code that has an expiration time after which the authorization code expires;
transmit, via at least one communication interface, at least one first message comprising the authorization code over a Wide Area Network (WAN);
receive, via the at least one communication interface, at least one second message comprising the authorization code from a computing device over the WAN;
determine that the received authorization code is valid based at least in part on the expiration time;
after determining that the authorization code is valid, generate a first authorization token;
transmit, via the at least one communication interface, at least one third message comprising the first authorization token to a playback device over the WAN;
receive, via the at least one communication interface, at least one fourth message comprising a second authorization token and a request for media content from the playback device over the WAN;
determine that the second authorization token is valid;
and
after determining that the second authorization token is valid, provide the playback device with temporary access to the media content.

7 more elements

A system comprising:

at least one cloud server comprising:
at least one communication interface;
at least one processor;
and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the at least one cloud server is configured to:
transmit, via the at least one communication interface, at least one first message comprising an authorization code over a Wide Area Network (WAN), authorization code expires;
receive, via the at least one communication interface, at least one second message comprising the authorization code from a computing device over the WAN;
determine that the received authorization code is valid based at least in part on the expiration time;
after determining that the authorization code is valid, transmit at least one third message comprising a first authorization token to a playback device over the WAN;
receive, via the at least one communication interface, at least one fourth message comprising a second authorization token and a request for media content from the playback device over the WAN;
determine that the second authorization token is valid;
and
after determining that the second authorization token is valid, transmit the media content to the playback device;
and
the computing device comprising:
a user interface;
at least one communication interface;
at least one processor;
and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to:
before the expiration time, transmit the at least one second message comprising the authorization code over the WAN;
detect, via the user interface, user input indicative of a playback command;
and
after detection of the user input, transmit at least one fifth message to the playback device comprising the playback command.

21 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/146,141Filed 11 Jan 2021 · continuation
Priority: 21 Nov 2014
Published: US 2021/0136054 A16 May 2021
Granted: 7 Sep 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

H04L 63/083
For authentication of entities: using passwords
H04L 63/10
Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security: for controlling access to devices or network resources
H04L 65/762
Media network packet handling: at the source
H04L 67/60
Network services: scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the…

Family

Application62/083,127Us provisional application · filed 21 Nov 2014
Application14/606,162Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Jan 2015
Application15/876,928Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Jan 2018
US 9,876,780 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 23 Jan 2018
Application16/142,895Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Sep 2018
US 10,116,652 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 30 Oct 2018
Application16/773,280Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Jan 2020
US 10,547,608 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 28 Jan 2020
US 2021/0136054 A1Pre-grant publication · published 6 May 2021
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