Media content identification and playback
AssigneeSpotify AB
InventorsJohan Oskarsson, Christopher Swanson
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Abstract
Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for identifying and playing media content are provided. An example media-playback device for identifying and playing media content for a user traveling in a vehicle includes an audio identification engine and a media playback engine. Audio content is recorded and identified by comparison to media content databases. The audio content is identified and immediately played on the same device. Additional media content is selected for playback based on user listening preferences.
Claims21
1-22. (canceled)
A media playback device comprising:
- a sound-sensing device configured to record audio content;
- a content output device;
- a memory device encoding instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the media playback device to:
- receive a command from a user to identify audio content in an environment of the user;
- record a portion of the audio content;
- communicate the recorded portion of audio content to a media delivery system;
- receive identifying information for the audio content from the media delivery system;
- receive a media item corresponding to the audio content from the media delivery system;
- and
- without receiving an additional command from the user, initiate playback of the media item through the content output device.
A system for identifying audio content, the system comprising:
- an audio analysis server application configured to:
- receive recorded audio content from a media playback device;
- analyze the audio content;
- identify an acoustic fingerprint of the audio content;
- compare the acoustic fingerprint to an acoustic fingerprint data store;
- and
- identify a media item having the same acoustic fingerprint as the audio content;
- and
- a media stream service configured to access the media item from a media data store and stream the media item to the media playback device, without receiving an additional request from the media playback device.
At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to:
- receive, at a sound-sensing device, a verbal command to identify a song;
- record, using the sound-sensing device, audio content in the environment of the at least one computing device;
- analyze the audio content to identify an acoustic fingerprint;
- compare the acoustic fingerprint of the audio content with a database of acoustic fingerprints;
- identify a song matching the audio content acoustic fingerprint;
- and
- initiate playback of the song through a content output device of the at least one computing device, without requiring additional input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.