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Method and apparatus for displaying single and container items in a play queue

  • US 10,275,135 B2
  • Filed: 03/13/2013
  • Issued: 04/30/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • causing, via a computing device, a graphical display to display a play queue for one or more playback devices communicatively coupled to the computing device via one or more network interfaces, wherein the play queue includes a plurality of items that are displayed in one scrollable list, wherein the play queue comprises (i) a first plurality of entries, wherein each entry in the first plurality of entries corresponds to an individual audio track, and (ii) a second plurality of entries, corresponding to a subset of audio tracks of a container, wherein each entry in the second plurality of entries corresponds to an individual audio track of the container;

    wherein each entry in the first plurality of entries comprises metadata indicating (i) a location identifier corresponding to a network location from where the one or more playback devices are to obtain the audio track for playback, and (ii) an indication that the audio track corresponding to the entry was added to the play queue as an individual audio track;

    wherein each entry in the second plurality of entries comprises metadata indicating (i) a container identifier corresponding to a network location of a music library from where the one or more playback devices are to obtain the audio track for playback and (ii) an indication that the audio track was added to the play queue as an audio track of the container;

    receiving a command to delete the container from the play queue; and

    in response to receiving the command to delete the container from the play queue, removing each entry from the play queue that comprises the indication that the audio track was added to the play queue as an audio track of the container without deleting the audio track from the music library corresponding to the container.

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