Audio Content Auditioning by Playback Device
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorsPaul Bates, Abhishek Kumar, Jonathan Lang
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Abstract
Techniques for auditioning audio content by a playback device involve (1) receiving, via at least one communication interface of the playback device, first audio content to be played back by the playback device, (2) playing back the first audio content, (3) while playing back the first audio content, receiving, via at least one microphone of the playback device, second audio content to be played back by the playback device (4) after receiving the second audio content: (i) suspending playback of the first audio content; and (ii) playing back the second audio content, and (5) after playing back the second audio content, resuming playing back the first audio content.
Claims20
A playback device comprising:
- at least one communication interface;
- at least one microphone;
- at least one processor;
- 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:
- receive, via the at least one communication interface, first audio content to be played back by the playback device;
- play back the first audio content;
- while playing back the first audio content, receive, via the at least one microphone, second audio content to be played back by the playback device;
- after receiving the second audio content:
- (i) suspend playback of the first audio content;
- and (ii) play back the second audio content;
- and
- after playing back the second audio content, resume playing back the first audio content.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by one or more processors to cause a playback device to perform functions comprising:
- receiving, via at least one communication interface of the playback device, first audio content to be played back by the playback device;
- playing back the first audio content;
- while playing back the first audio content, receiving, via at least one microphone of the playback device, second audio content to be played back by the playback device;
- after receiving the second audio content:
- (i) suspending playback of the first audio content;
- and (ii) playing back the second audio content;
- and
- after playing back the second audio content, resuming playing back the first audio content.
A method to be performed by a playback device, the method comprising:
- receiving, via at least one communication interface of the playback device, first audio content to be played back by the playback device;
- playing back the first audio content;
- while playing back the first audio content, receiving, via at least one microphone of the playback device, second audio content to be played back by the playback device;
- after receiving the second audio content:
- (i) suspending playback of the first audio content;
- and (ii) playing back the second audio content;
- and
- after playing back the second audio content, resuming playing back the first audio content.
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