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US 2014/0005813 A1Published application
Shift to Corresponding Media in a Playback Queue
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorRobert Reimann
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide for intelligently extending media playback. According to an embodiment, a playback queue for an audio player is established. The playback queue contains one or more playable items. At least one additional playable item that corresponds in substantial likeness to the list of playable items is determined, without additional user effort, and placed in the playback queue, which extends play time.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- establishing, by a first module, a playback queue that contains a list of playable items to be played by an audio player, wherein the list of playable items comprises at least one playable item;
- determining, by a second module, at least one additional playable item that corresponds in substantial likeness to the list of playable items;
- and
- placing, by a third module, the at least one additional playable item in the playback queue to extend play time of the playback queue.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:
- establishing, by a first module, a playback queue that contains a list of playable items to be played by an audio player, wherein the list of playable items comprises at least one playable item;
- determining, by a second module, at least one additional playable item that corresponds in substantial likeness to the list of playable items;
- and
- placing, by a third module, the at least one additional playable item in the playback queue to extend play time of the playback queue.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.