US 11,886,496 B2Granted

Queue identification

AssigneeSonos, Inc.

InventorArthur L. Coburn, IV

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Abstract

Example techniques relate to a playback device that facilitates queue identification. In an example implementation, a playback device receives, from a first controller, instructions representing a command to populate a playback queue with one or more first media items; the instructions are associated with a first application identifier corresponding to the first controller. Based on the received instructions, the playback device populates the playback queue with the one or more first media items and forms an association between the playback queue and the first application identifier. The playback device receives, from a second controller, instructions representing one or more first commands to access the playback queue; the instructions are associated with a second application identifier corresponding to the second controller. The playback device determines that the second application identifier is different from the first application identifier and denies the one or more first commands to access the playback queue.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system comprising a playback device and a first control device comprising a first instance of a particular control application, the playback device comprising:

at least one audio transducer;
a first network interface;
at least one first processor;
and
first data storage comprising first program instructions that are executable by the at least one first processor such that the playback device is configured to:
receive, via the first network interface from a second instance of the particular control application on a second control device, first data representing a command to add particular audio tracks to a playback queue;
assign ownership of the playback queue to the second instance of the particular control application;
add the particular audio tracks to the playback queue according to the first data representing the command;
play back at least a portion of the particular audio tracks via the at least one audio transducer;
receive, via the first network interface from the first instance of the particular control application, second data representing a request to control the playback device;
assign ownership of the playback queue to the first instance of the particular control application according to the received request to control the playback device represented by the second data;
receive, via the first network interface from the first instance of the particular control application, third data representing a playback command to control playback of the playback queue;
and
perform the playback command on the playback queue,
wherein the first control device comprises:
a second network interface;
at least one second processor;
and
second data storage comprising second program instructions that are executable by the at least one second processor such that the first control device is configured to:
send, via the second network interface, the second data representing the request to control the playback device;
receive input data representing the playback command;
and
send, via the second network interface, the third data representing the playback command to control playback of the playback queue.

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A method to be performed by a system comprising a playback device and a first control device comprising a first instance of a particular control application, the method comprising:

receiving, via a network interface of the playback device from a second instance of the particular control application on a second control device, first data representing a command to add particular audio tracks to a playback queue;
assigning ownership of the playback queue to the second instance of the particular control application;
adding the particular audio tracks to the playback queue according to the first data representing the command;
playing back at least a portion of the particular audio tracks via at least one audio transducer of the playback device;
sending, via a second network interface of the first control device, second data representing a request to control the playback device;
receiving, via the network interface of the playback device from the first instance of the particular control application, the second data representing the request to control the playback device;
assigning ownership of the playback queue to the first instance of the particular control application according to the received request to control the playback device represented by the second data;
receiving, via an input interface of the first control device, input data representing a playback command;
sending, via the network interface of the first control device, third data representing the playback command to control playback of the playback queue;
receiving, via the network interface of the playback device from the first instance of the particular control application, the third data representing the playback command to control playback of the playback queue;
and
performing the playback command on the playback queue.

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A playback device comprising:

at least one audio transducer;
a network interface;
at least one processor;
and
data storage comprising program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the playback device is configured to:
receive, via the network interface from a first instance of a particular control application on a first control device, first data representing a command to add particular audio tracks to a playback queue;
assign ownership of the playback queue to the first instance of the particular control application;
add the particular audio tracks to the playback queue according to the first data representing the command;
play back at least a portion of the particular audio tracks via the at least one audio transducer;
receive, via the network interface from a second instance of the particular control application on a second control device, second data representing a request to control the playback device;
assign ownership of the playback queue to the second instance of the particular control application according to the received request to control the playback device represented by the second data;
receive, via the network interface from the second instance of the particular control application on the second control device, third data representing a playback command to control playback of the playback queue;
and
perform the playback command on the playback queue.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/807,340Filed 16 Jun 2022 · continuation
Priority: 14 Jul 2014
Published: US 2023/0132736 A14 May 2023
Granted: 30 Jan 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G06F 16/639
Presentation of query results: using playlists
G11B 27/105
Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers: of operating discs
G06F
Computing and data processing
G11B
Information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer

Family

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