# US 11,451,597 B2 · Playback updates > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,451,597 B2 - Document ID: US11451597B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/866,159 - Filed: 2020-05-04 - Published: 2020-10-22 - Granted: 2022-09-20 - Earliest claimed: 2014-09-24 - Assignees: Sonos, Inc. - Applicants: Sonos, Inc. - Inventors: Keith Corbin; Abhishek Kumar; Ron Kuper; Gregory Paul Ramsperger; Andrej Sarkic - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11451597B2 ## CPC - G06Q 30/0263: {based upon Internet or website rating} - G06Q 10/40: Business processes related to social networking or social networking services - H04L 65/61: for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - H04L 67/306: User profiles - H04N 21/25841: {involving the geographical location of the client (retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00)} - H04N 21/25891: {being end-user preferences (retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18)} - H04N 21/26258: {for generating a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlist, or scheduling item distribution according to such list (retrieval of multimedia data based on playlists G06F16/40)} - H04N 21/4788: communicating with other users, e.g. chatting {(arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104)} - H04N 21/4882: {for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders (arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895)} - H04N 21/6582: {Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number (arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38)} - H04N 21/8113: {comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Embodiments are described herein that involve receiving, by a social-media computing system from a media playback system, playback data indicating media that is being played back by the media playback system, where the playback data comprises an indication of at least one zone of the media playback system in which the media is being played back; and based on the received playback data, updating social-media data in a social-media account, where the updated social-media data comprises an indication of the at least one zone in which the media is currently being played back. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computing device comprising: at least one processor; a graphical display; non-transitory computer-readable medium; and program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to: operate as a control device of at least a first playback device of a first media playback system, wherein the first media playback system is configured for operation on a first local area network (LAN); receive, via a wide area network (WAN), first playback data comprising an indication of first media content being played back by a second playback device of a second media playback system, wherein the second media playback system is configured for operation on a second LAN; display, via the graphical display, a playback message comprising a selectable indication of the first playback data; while displaying the playback message comprising the selectable indication of the first playback data, receive, via the WAN, second playback data comprising an indication of second media content being played back by the second playback device of the second media playback system; based on receiving the second playback data, replace, within the playback message, the selectable indication of the first playback data with a selectable indication to indicate of the second playback data; while displaying the playback message comprising the selectable indication of the second playback data, detect a selection of the selectable indication of the second playback data, wherein the selection indicates a command to cause at least the first playback device to begin playing back the second media content that is being played back by the second playback device; and based on the detected selection, cause at least the first playback device to begin playing back the second media content. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1, wherein the first playback data further comprises an indication of a room of the second media playback system in which the second playback device is located. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1, wherein the second media content being played back by the second playback device comprises an internet radio stream. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1, wherein the second playback data comprises an indication of a playback queue that includes the second media content, and wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to cause at least the first playback device to begin playing back the second media content comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to cause at least the first playback device to begin playing back the playback queue. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1, wherein the first media playback system is associated with a first household identifier, and wherein the second media playback system is associated with a second household identifier. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1, wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to cause at least the first playback device to begin playing back the second media content comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to cause at least the first playback device to retrieve the second media content from a cloud-based media source. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1, wherein the first media playback system is linked to a first social-media account and the second media playback system is linked to a second social-media account, and wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to display the selectable indication of the first playback data via the graphical display comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to display the selectable indication via an application for controlling the first social-media account. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The computing device of claim 7, wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to receive the first playback data comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to receive an indication via the application for controlling the first social-media account that the second social-media account has initiated sharing of the first playback data with the first social-media account. ### Claim 9 A non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium is provisioned with program instructions that are executable by at least one processor such that a computing device is configured to: operate as a control device of at least a first playback device of a first media playback system, wherein the first media playback system is configured for operation on a first local area network (LAN); receive, via a wide area network (WAN), first playback data comprising an indication of first media content being played back by a second playback device of a second media playback system, wherein the second media playback system is configured for operation on a second LAN; display, via the graphical display, a playback message comprising a selectable indication of the first playback data; while displaying the playback message comprising the selectable indication of the first playback data, receive, via the WAN, second playback data comprising an indication of second media content being played back by the second playback device of the second media playback system; based on receiving the second playback data, replace, within the playback message, the selectable indication of the first playback data with a selectable indication of the second playback data; while displaying the playback message comprising the selectable indication of the second playback data, detect a selection of the selectable indication of the second playback data, wherein the selection indicates a command to cause at least the first playback device to begin playing back the second media content that is being played back by the second playback device; and based on the detected selection, cause at least the first playback device to begin playing back the second media content. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the first playback data further comprises an indication of a room of the second media playback system in which the second playback device is located. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the second media content being played back by the second playback device comprises an internet radio stream. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the second playback data comprises an indication of a playback queue that includes the second media content, and wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to cause at least the first playback device to begin playing back the second media content comprise program instructions that are executable by at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to cause at least the first playback device to begin playing back the playback queue. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the first media playback system is associated with a first household identifier, and wherein the second media playback system is associated with a second household identifier. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to cause at least the first playback device to begin playing back the second media content comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to cause at least the first playback device to retrieve the second media content from a cloud-based media source. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the first media playback system is linked to a first social-media account and the second media playback system is linked to a second social-media account, and wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to display the selectable indication of the first playback data via the graphical display comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to display the selectable indication via an application for controlling the first social-media account. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to receive the first playback data comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to receive an indication via the application for controlling the first social-media account that the second social-media account has initiated sharing of the first playback data with the first social-media account. ### Claim 17 A method carried out by a computing device, the method comprising: operating as a control device of at least a first playback device of a first media playback system, wherein the first media playback system is configured for operation on a first local area network (LAN); receiving, via a wide area network (WAN), first playback data comprising an indication of first media content being played back by a second playback device of a second media playback system, wherein the second media playback system is configured for operation on a second LAN; displaying, via the graphical display, a playback message comprising a selectable indication of the first playback data; while displaying the playback message comprising the selectable indication of the first playback data, receive, via the WAN, second playback data comprising an indication of second media content being played back by the second playback device of the second media playback system; based on receiving the second playback data, replace, within the playback message, the selectable indication of the first playback data with a selectable indication of the second playback data; while displaying the playback message comprising the selectable indication of the second playback data, detecting a selection of the selectable indication of the second playback data, wherein the selection indicates a command to cause at least the first playback device to begin playing back the second media content that is being played back by the second playback device; and based on the detected selection, causing at least the first playback device to begin playing back the second media content. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the first playback data further comprises an indication of a room of the second media playback system in which the second playback device is located. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the second playback data comprises an indication of a playback queue that includes the second media content, and wherein causing at least the first playback device to begin playing back the second media content comprises causing at least the first playback device to begin playing back the playback queue. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein causing at least the first playback device to begin playing back the second media content comprises causing at least the first playback device to retrieve the second media content from a cloud-based media source.