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Associating playback devices with playback queues

  • US 10,231,010 B2
  • Filed: 09/16/2015
  • Issued: 03/12/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • grouping a first playback device and a second playback device to form a first player group;

    associating the first player group with a first playback queue that includes one or more items for playback by the first player group, wherein each of the first playback device and the second playback device are configured to play items from the first playback queue while the first playback device and the second playback device are in the first player group;

    associating a third playback device with a second playback queue that includes one or more items for playback by the second playback device;

    after associating the first player group with the first playback queue and the third playback device with the second playback queue, grouping the first playback device, the second playback device, and the third playback device to form a second player group, wherein grouping the first playback device, the second playback device, and the third playback device comprises assigning the second playback queue to the second player group, wherein each of the first playback device, the second playback device, and the third playback device are configured to play items from the second playback queue while the first playback device, the second playback device, and the third playback device are in the second player group;

    removing the first playback device from the second player group; and

    automatically associating, upon removal of the first playback device from the second player group, the first playback device with the first playback queue, wherein the first playback queue persists without association with a playback device from a time prior to automatically associating the first playback device with the first playback queue.

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