Playback Zone Representations
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorsMike Lemmon, Stephanie Hughes
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Abstract
Method and systems are provided for displaying a control representation in a playback zone representation provided on a playback zones view interface. The playback zones view interface allows a user to view and navigate between playback zones in a media playback system, and the control representation in the playback zone representation is selectable to allow the user to control playback of media content in the corresponding playback zone from the playback zones view interface without having to navigate to a particular playback control interface corresponding to the playback zone.
Claims20
Tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions encoded therein, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause a control device to perform functions comprising:
- displaying a plurality of control representations within a graphical user interface, wherein each control representation corresponds to a group of one or more playback devices distinct from the control device, wherein each control representation comprises a visible border that delineates the control representation from other control representations, and wherein each control representation is displayed according to a compact format;
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- after receiving an input associated with a first control representation of the plurality of control representations via the graphical user interface, (i) changing the display of the first control representation from the compact format to an expanded format that comprises at least one playback control within the visible border surrounding the first control representation that is not included in the compact format, and (ii) repositioning one or more other control representation to different regions of the graphical user interface so that the one or more other control representations are displayed in the compact format within the graphical user interface without overlapping display of the first control representation in the expanded format within the graphical user interface.
A method performed by a control device, the method comprising:
- displaying a plurality of control representations within a graphical user interface, wherein each control representation corresponds to a group of one or more playback devices distinct from the control device, wherein each control representation comprises a visible border that delineates the control representation from other control representations, and wherein each control representation is displayed according to a compact format;
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- after receiving an input associated with a first control representation of the plurality of control representations via the graphical user interface, (i) changing the display of the first control representation from the compact format to an expanded format that comprises at least one playback control within the visible border surrounding the first control representation that is not included in the compact format, and (ii) repositioning one or more other control representation to different regions of the graphical user interface so that the one or more other control representations are displayed in the compact format within the graphical user interface without overlapping display of the first control representation in the expanded format within the graphical user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.