Preventing Accidental Media Device Commands
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorsJason YORE, Arthur WU, Ryan PURDY
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Abstract
A playback device detects, with one or more onboard sensors, that the playback device is in motion. The playback device activates a command bypass mode. The command bypass mode causes the playback device to not execute commands applied to a touch-sensitive user interface integrated into the playback device. The playback device then detects, with the one or more onboard sensors, that the playback device is stationary. After detecting that it is stationary, the playback device deactivates the command bypass mode.
Claims20
A playback device comprising:
- a communication interface;
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the playback device is configured to:
- detect, with one or more onboard sensors, that the playback device is in motion;
- activate a command bypass mode, wherein the command bypass mode causes the playback device to not execute commands applied to a touch-sensitive user interface integrated into the playback device;
- detect, with the one or more onboard sensors, that the playback device is stationary;
- and
- deactivate the command bypass mode.
A computer-implemented method for causing a playback device to operate within a command bypass mode, the computer-implemented method executed by a processor at the playback device, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- detecting, with one or more onboard sensors, that the playback device is in motion;
- activating a command bypass mode, wherein the command bypass mode causes the playback device to not execute commands applied to a touch-sensitive user interface integrated into the playback device;
- detecting, with the one or more onboard sensors, that the playback device is stationary;
- and
- deactivating the command bypass mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.