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Accessing last-browsed information in a media playback system

  • US 10,623,819 B2
  • Filed: 07/16/2018
  • Issued: 04/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tangible non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a first control device of a media playback system to cause the first control device to perform a method comprising:

  • displaying, via a touch-screen display of the first control device, a first control interface for a playback device;

    receiving, via a network interface of the first control device, browse data indicating a particular set of one or more first media items that were accessed by a second control device of the media playback system, wherein accessing the particular set of one or more first media items comprises at least one of;

    (i) browsing to the particular set of one or more first media items via a second control interface for the playback device on the second control device or (ii) searching for the particular set of one or more first media items via the second control interface for the playback device on the second control device;

    updating browse data to indicate that the particular set of one or more first media items was accessed by the second control device;

    after updating the browse data and before accessing any second media items via the first control interface on the first control device, causing the touch-screen display of the first control device to display one or more first graphical displays of the first control interface for the playback device;

    receiving, via the first control interface displayed by the first control device, selection data that indicates a selection of a particular selectable region within a given first graphical display displayed on the touch-screen display, the given first full-screen graphical display including (i) an indication of a given media item that is (a) being played back on the playback device or (b) queued for playback next in a playback queue and (ii) transport controls selectable to control playback by the playback device;

    in response to the selection of the particular selectable region;

    identifying within the updated browse data, irrespective of (i) the given media item and (ii) the one or more first graphical displays, a set of media items that was most recently accessed by (a) the first control device or (b) the second control device, wherein the browse data indicates that the set of media items that was most recently accessed is the particular set of one or more first media items accessed by the second control device; and

    causing the first control interface to display, on the touch-screen display, a second graphical display that includes a list of the set of media items that was most recently accessed, wherein the set of media items that was most recently-accessed is the particular set of one or more first media items accessed by the second control device;

    receiving, via the first control interface displayed by the first control device, selection data that indicates a selection, within the second graphical display, of at least one first media item from the set of media items that was most recently accessed; and

    in response to the selection of the at least one first media item from the set of media items that was most recently accessed, causing, via the network interface of the first control device, the playback device to initiate playback of the selected at least one first media item from the set of media items that was most recently accessed.

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