Systems and methods to provide play/pause content
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorsNeil Griffiths, Jonathon Reilly
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Abstract
Embodiments are disclosed for providing play/pause content. An example method includes receiving a command to play audio from a zone, the zone including one or more playback devices, wherein the zone is configured to play items from a playback queue responsive to the command to play audio. The example method also includes determining that the playback queue includes no playable items. The example method also includes automatically placing information identifying at least one playable item in the playback queue. The example method also includes, responsive to the command to play audio, causing to play the at least one playable item by the zone.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a command to resume playback of previously paused audio in a zone, the zone including one or more playback devices, wherein the zone is configured to play items from a playback queue responsive to the command to resume playback of previously paused audio, the command to resume playback of previously paused audio received from a controller in communication with at least one of the playback devices, the playback queue associated with the zone;
- determining that the playback queue includes no playable items;
- in response to the determining, placing at least one playable item in the playback queue based on content information corresponding to the previously paused audio, wherein at least one playable item is placed in the playback queue without user input;
- and
- responsive to the command to resume playback of previously paused audio, causing to play the at least one playable item by the zone.
A system comprising:
- a zone including one or more playback devices to play items from a playback queue, the playback queue associated with the zone;
- and
- a processor configured to execute instructions, the instructions to cause the processor to:
- determine, in response to a command for the zone to resume playback of previously paused audio, that the playback queue includes no playable items, the command to resume playback of previously paused audio received from a controller in communication with the zone;
- place at least one playable item in the playback queue based on content information corresponding to the previously paused audio, wherein at least one playable item is placed in the playback queue without user input;
- and
- in response to the command to resume playback of previously paused audio, facilitate playback of the at least one playable item by the zone.
A tangible computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:
- receiving a command to resume playback of previously paused audio in a zone, the zone including one or more playback devices, wherein the zone is configured to play items from a playback queue in response to the command to resume playback of previously paused audio, the command to resume playback of previously paused audio received from a controller in communication with at least one of the playback devices, the playback queue associated with the zone;
- determining that the playback queue includes no playable items;
- in response to the determining, placing at least one playable item in the playback queue based on content information corresponding to the previously paused audio, wherein at least one playable item is placed in the playback queue without user input;
- and
- in response to the command to resume playback of previously paused audio, causing to play the at least one playable item by the zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.