Audio content auditioning by playback device
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorsPaul Bates, Abhishek Kumar, Jonathan Lang
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Abstract
A first playback device plays first audio content in synchrony with at least one second playback device. One or more commands is received that define a duration of time. The first playback device stops playback of the first audio content based on the received one or more commands. After stopping playback of the first audio content, second audio content is played for the duration of time defined by the one or more commands. After playing the second audio content for the duration of time, the first playback device resumes playback of the first audio content in synchrony with the at least one second playback device.
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A method comprising:
- playing, by a first playback device, first audio content in synchrony with at least one second playback device;
- receiving, by the first playback device, one or more commands that define a duration of time;
- stopping, by the first playback device, playback of the first audio content based on the received one or more commands;
- after stopping playback of the first audio content, playing, by the first playback device, second audio content for the duration of time defined by the one or more commands;
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- after playing the second audio content for the duration of time, resuming, by the first playback device, playback of the first audio content in synchrony with the at least one second playback device.
A method comprising:
- playing, by a first playback device, first audio content in synchrony with at least one second playback device;
- receiving, by the first playback device, one or more commands that define a duration of time;
- stopping, by the first playback device, playback of the first audio content based on the received one or more commands;
- after stopping playback of the first audio content, playing, by the first playback device, second audio content for the duration of time defined by the received one or more commands;
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- after playing the second audio content for the duration of time defined by the one or more commands, playing, by the first playback device, the second audio content in synchrony with the at least one second playback device.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:
- playing, by a first playback device, first audio content in synchrony with at least one second playback device;
- receiving, by the first playback device, one or more commands that define a duration of time;
- stopping, by the first playback device, playback of the first audio content based on the received one or more commands;
- after stopping playback of the first audio content, playing, by the first playback device, second audio content for the duration of time defined by the received one or more commands;
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- after playing back the second audio content for the duration of time defined by the one or more commands, playing, by the first playback device, the second audio content in synchrony with the at least one second playback device.
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