Audio track selection and playback
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorsRobert Reimann, David Taylor, Abhishek Kumar
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Abstract
An example system is configured to: (i) receive data indicating a command to play back, via a playback device of a media playback system, media content; (ii) based on the data indicating the command, detect a first playback condition comprising a first user identity; (iii) identify, from one or more user accounts associated with the playback device, a first user account corresponding to the first user identity; (iv) based at least on (1) the command and (2) one or more properties of the first user account, determine first media content for playback by the playback device; and (v) cause the playback device to play back the first media content.
Claims20
A playback device comprising:
- at least one processor;
- a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium;
- and
- program instructions stored on the tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium that are executable by the at least one processor such that the playback device is configured to:
- play back first audio content that was determined based on (i) receiving data indicating a command to play back audio content and (ii) one or more properties of a given user account associated with the playback device, wherein the given user account was identified from one or more user accounts associated with the playback device based on the data indicating the command;
- determine a playback condition related to the playback device;
- based on one or both of (i) at least one property of the given user account or (ii) at least one property of the playback condition, determine second audio content for playback;
- and
- play back the second audio content.
A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium is provisioned with program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a playback device to:
- play back first audio content that was determined based on (i) receiving data indicating a command to play back audio content and (ii) one or more properties of a given user account associated with the playback device, wherein the given user account was identified from one or more user accounts associated with the playback device based on the data indicating the command;
- determine a playback condition related to the playback device;
- based on one or both of (i) at least one property of the given user account or (ii) at least one property of the playback condition, determine second audio content for playback;
- and
- play back the second audio content.
A method carried out by a playback device, the method comprising:
- playing back first audio content that was determined based on (i) receiving data indicating a command to play back audio content and (ii) one or more properties of a given user account associated with the playback device, wherein the given user account was identified from one or more user accounts associated with the playback device based on the data indicating the command;
- determining a playback condition related to the playback device;
- based on one or both of (i) at least one property of the given user account or (ii) at least one property of the playback condition, determining second audio content for playback;
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- playing back the second audio content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.