Social network account assisted service registration

• US 10,567,456 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2019
• Issued: 02/18/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Inventors: Sarkic, Andrej, Storlie, Danielle, Roberts, Diane, Kuper, Ron, Wilberding, Dayn, Fristrom, Carl
• Primary Examiner(s): Shin, Kyung H
• Application Number:
  US16/428,475
• Publication Number:
  US 20190289050A1
• Time in Patent Office: 263 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/0806 Multiuser, multiprocessor or multiprocessing cache systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24568 Data stream processing; Continuous queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/439 Processing of audio elementary streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Examples involve a control device using a social networking service to facilitate registration of a streaming media service with a media playback system. An example implementation receives (i) data indicating login credentials for a given account of a social networking service, and (ii) input data to configure streaming media services with a media playback system. Based on receiving the input data to configure the media playback system, the implementation queries the social networking service for streaming media services associated with the given account, and in response to the query, receives data indicating a first streaming media service associated with the given account. The implementation configures the media playback system to playback audio content from the first streaming media service that is associated with the given account and causes the media playback system to playback audio content from the first streaming media service.

Claims

1. A media playback system comprising:

a controller;

a first playback device; and

a second playback device;

wherein the media playback system is configured to perform functions comprising;

the controller receiving, via a graphical user interface, (i) data indicating login credentials for a given account of a social networking service associated with one or more streaming media services, and (ii) input data to configure one or more streaming media services with the media playback system;

the controller receiving, from one or more streaming media services, data indicating a first streaming media service associated with the given account;

the controller configuring at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to play back audio content from the first streaming media service that is associated with the given account; and

the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device playing back first audio content from the first streaming media service.

2. The media playback system of claim 1, wherein the controller configuring at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to play back audio content from the first streaming media service that is associated with the given account comprises the controller configuring the first playback device and the second playback device to synchronously play back audio content from the first streaming media service.

3. The media playback system of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device playing back first audio content from the first streaming media service comprises:

after configuring the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device, populating a queue of the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device with one or more particular media items from the first streaming media service; and

causing the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to play back the queue.

4. The media playback system of claim 3, wherein causing the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to play back the queue comprises:

after populating the queue, the controller displaying, via the graphical user interface, a selectable play control that, when selected, directs the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to initiate play back of the populated queue.

5. The media playback system of claim 3, wherein causing the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to play back the queue comprises:

after populating the queue, the controller initiating the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to play back the queue; and

the controller displaying, via the graphical user interface, a selectable pause control that, when selected, directs the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to pause the initiated play back of the populated queue.

6. The media playback system of claim 1, wherein the functions further comprise:

the controller storing the data indicating the login credentials for the given account of the social networking service to configure the media playback system to access second audio content from the one or more streaming services.

7. The media playback system of claim 1, wherein the functions further comprise:

the controller receiving, from one or more streaming media services, data indicating a second streaming media service associated with the given account;

in response to receiving the data indicating the first streaming media service and the second streaming media service, the controller displaying, via the graphical user interface, selectable representations of the first streaming media service and the second streaming media service; and

before configuring at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to play back audio content from the first streaming media service, the controller receiving, via the graphical user interface, a selection of the representation of the first streaming media service.

8. A method comprising:

receiving, via a graphical user interface of a controller, (i) data indicating login credentials for a given account of a social networking service associated with one or more streaming media services, and (ii) input data to configure one or more streaming media services with a media playback system;

receiving, by the controller, from one or more streaming media services, data indicating a first streaming media service associated with the given account;

configuring, by the controller, at least one of a first playback device and a second playback device to play back audio content from the first streaming media service that is associated with the given account; and

playing back, by the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device, first audio content from the first streaming media service.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein configuring, by the controller, at least one of a first playback device and a second playback device to play back audio content from the first streaming media service that is associated with the given account comprises configuring, by the controller, the first playback device and the second playback device to synchronously play back audio content from the first streaming media service.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein playing back, by the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device, first audio content from the first streaming media service comprises:

after configuring the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device, populating a queue of the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device with one or more particular media items from the first streaming media service; and

causing the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to play back the queue.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein causing the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to play back the queue comprises:

after populating the queue, the controller displaying, via the graphical user interface, a selectable play control that, when selected, directs the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to initiate play back of the populated queue.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein causing the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to play back the queue comprises:

after populating the queue, the controller initiating the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to play back the queue; and

the controller displaying, via the graphical user interface, a selectable pause control that, when selected, directs the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to pause the initiated play back of the populated queue.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

storing, by the controller, the data indicating the login credentials for the given account of the social networking service to configure the media playback system to access second audio content from the one or more streaming services.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the controller, from one or more streaming media services, data indicating a second streaming media service associated with the given account;

in response to receiving the data indicating the first streaming media service and the second streaming media service, displaying, via the graphical user interface of the controller, selectable representations of the first streaming media service and the second streaming media service; and

before configuring at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to play back audio content from the first streaming media service, receiving, via the graphical user interface of the controller, a selection of the representation of the first streaming media service.

15. Tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media having stored therein instructions executable by one or more processors, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause a media playback system to perform functions comprising:

receiving, via a graphical user interface of a controller, (i) data indicating login credentials for a given account of a social networking service associated with one or more streaming media services, and (ii) input data to configure one or more streaming media services with the media playback system;

receiving, by the controller, from one or more streaming media services, data indicating a first streaming media service associated with the given account;

configuring, by the controller, at least one of a first playback device and a second playback device to play back audio content from the first streaming media service that is associated with the given account; and

playing back, by the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device, first audio content from the first streaming media service.

16. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein configuring, by the controller, at least one of a first playback device and a second playback device to play back audio content from the first streaming media service that is associated with the given account comprises configuring, by the controller, the first playback device and the second playback device to synchronously play back audio content from the first streaming media service.

17. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein playing back, by the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device, first audio content from the first streaming media service comprises:

after configuring the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device, populating a queue of the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device with one or more particular media items from the first streaming media service; and

causing the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to play back the queue.

18. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 17, wherein causing the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to play back the queue comprises:

after populating the queue, the controller initiating the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to play back the queue; and

the controller displaying, via the graphical user interface, a selectable pause control that, when selected, directs the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to pause the initiated play back of the populated queue.

19. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 17, wherein the functions further comprise:

storing, by the controller, the data indicating the login credentials for the given account of the social networking service to configure the media playback system to access second audio content from the one or more streaming services.

20. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 17, wherein causing the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to play back the queue comprises:

after populating the queue, the controller displaying, via the graphical user interface, a selectable play control that, when selected, directs the at least one of the first playback device and the second playback device to initiate play back of the populated queue.