US 2017/0249121 A1Published application

Prioritizing Media Content Requests

AssigneeSonos, Inc.

InventorKeith Corbin

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Abstract

Examples described herein may include a computing device receiving, from a first playback device, a request for first media content associated with a first playback operation. The computing device sends, to the first playback device, the first media content, and while sending that content, receives, from a second playback device, a request for second media content associated with a second playback operation, this request including information characterizing the second playback operation. Based on that information, the computing device determines whether the second playback operation is higher priority or lower priority than the first playback operation. If the second playback operation is higher priority, then the computing device stops sending the first media content and sends, to the second playback device, the second media content. If the second playback operation is lower priority, then the computing device foregoes sending the second media content and continues sending the first media content.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computing system comprising:

a network interface;
a processor;
and
a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by the computing system cause the computing system to perform functions comprising:
receiving, via the network interface from a first playback device, a first request for first media content associated with a first playback operation;
sending, via the network interface to the first playback device, the first media content;
while sending the first media content via the network interface, receiving, via the network interface from a second playback device, a second request for second media content associated with a second playback operation, wherein the second request comprises information characterizing the second playback operation;
based on at least the information characterizing the second playback operation, determining one of (i) that the second playback operation is higher priority than the first playback operation or (ii) that the second playback operation is lower priority than the first playback operation;
if it is determined that the second playback operation is higher priority than the first playback operation, then
(i) stopping sending the first media content;
and
(ii) sending, via the network interface to the second playback device, the second media content;
and
if it is determined that the second playback operation is lower priority than the first playback operation, then
(i) forego sending, via the network interface to the second playback device, the second media content;
and
(ii) continuing sending the first media content via the network interface.

14 more elements

A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:

receiving, via a network interface from a first playback device, a first request for first media content associated with a first playback operation;
sending, via the network interface to the first playback device, the first media content;
while sending the first media content via the network interface, receiving, via the network interface from a second playback device, a second request for second media content associated with a second playback operation, wherein the second request comprises information characterizing the second playback operation;
based on at least the information characterizing the second playback operation, determining one of (i) that the second playback operation is higher priority than the first playback operation or (ii) that the second playback operation is lower priority than the first playback operation;
if it is determined that the second playback operation is higher priority than the first playback operation, then
(i) stopping sending the first media content;
and
(ii) sending, via the network interface to the second playback device, the second media content;
and
if it is determined that the second playback operation is lower priority than the first playback operation, then
(i) forego sending, via the network interface to the second playback device, the second media content;
and
(ii) continuing sending the first media content via the network interface.

10 more elements

A method comprising:

receiving, via a network interface of a computing device from a first playback device, a first request for first media content associated with a first playback operation;
sending, via the network interface of the computing device to the first playback device, the first media content;
while sending the first media content via the network interface, receiving, via the network interface of the computing device from a second playback device, a second request for second media content associated with a second playback operation, wherein the second request comprises information characterizing the second playback operation;
based on at least the information characterizing the second playback operation, determining, via one or more processors of the computing device, one of (i) that the second playback operation is higher priority than the first playback operation or (ii) that the second playback operation is lower priority than the first playback operation;
if it is determined that the second playback operation is higher priority than the first playback operation, then the computing device:
(i) stopping sending the first media content;
and
(ii) sending, via the network interface to the second playback device, the second media content;
and
if it is determined that the second playback operation is lower priority than the first playback operation, then the computing device:
(i) forego sending, via the network interface to the second playback device, the second media content;
and
(ii) continuing sending the first media content via the network interface.

10 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/592,484Filed 11 May 2017
Priority: 4 Jun 2014
Published: 31 Aug 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification19 codes

G06F 3/165
Sound input; Sound output: management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
G05B 15/02
Systems controlled by a computer: electric
G06F 9/4881
By program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system: scheduling strategies for dispatcher, e.g. round robin, multi-level priority queues
G06F 16/178
Details of further file system functions: techniques for file synchronisation in file systems

Family

Application62/007,906Us provisional application · filed 4 Jun 2014
Application62/027,215Us provisional application · filed 21 Jul 2014
Application14/485,602Continuation · filed 12 Sep 2014
Application15/592,484Continuation
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