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Audio content playback management

  • US 10,412,445 B2
  • Filed: 05/28/2017
  • Issued: 09/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • determining that audio content selected for addition to a playlist is an automated streaming audio content, wherein the automated streaming audio content lacks a duration;

    adding the automated streaming audio content to a playback queue based on the determination, the playback queue indicating a plurality of audio content and a corresponding playback position associated with each of the plurality of audio content, wherein adding the automated streaming audio content to the playback queue comprisesdetermining a playback duration for the automated streaming audio content, andadding the automated streaming audio content to the playback queue at a particular playback position in the playback queue; and

    causing the automated streaming audio content to be rendered at the particular playback position in the playback queue for the determined playback duration when the particular playback position is not a last playback position in the playback queue and causing the automated streaming audio content to continue to be rendered beyond the determined playback duration when the particular playback position is the last playback position in the playback queue.

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