Identification of audio content
First Claim
1. A playback device, comprising:
- an enclosure;
a network interface mounted in the enclosure;
one or more speaker drivers mounted in the enclosure;
one or more processors mounted in the enclosure; and
tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media mounted in the enclosure and storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the playback device to perform functions comprising;
playing back, via the one or more speaker drivers, audio content, wherein the audio content is identified by first metadata;
while playing back musical content within the audio content via the one or more speaker drivers, determining that the first metadata excludes one or more items of metadata corresponding to the musical content;
based on determining that the first metadata excludes the one or more items of metadata corresponding to musical content, transmitting, via the network interface, a request for second metadata corresponding to the musical content, from a first identification system;
receiving, via the network interface from the first identification system, a message indicating that the first identification system was unable to (i) identify the audio content and (ii) retrieve information related to the audio content;
based on receiving the message, transmitting, via the network interface, a further request for third metadata corresponding to the audio content representing the musical content, from a second identification system; and
receiving, via the network interface from the second identification system in response to transmitting the further request, supplementary metadata identifying the audio content and containing information related to the audio content.
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Abstract
An example implementation involves a playback device receiving digital data representing audio content, the digital data encoded in a first format. The playback device causes one or more speaker drivers to playback the audio content. The playback device decodes a portion of the received digital data to convert the portion of the received digital data from the first format to a second format and transmits, via a network interface to a computing device of an identification system, the decoded portion of the received digital data. The playback device receives, from via the network interface from the identification system, metadata corresponding to the audio content, and in response, causes a control device to display a graphical representation of the received metadata, wherein causing the control device to display the graphical representation comprises sending, via the network interface to the control device, the received metadata to the control device.
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20 Claims
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1. A playback device, comprising:
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an enclosure; a network interface mounted in the enclosure; one or more speaker drivers mounted in the enclosure; one or more processors mounted in the enclosure; and tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media mounted in the enclosure and storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the playback device to perform functions comprising; playing back, via the one or more speaker drivers, audio content, wherein the audio content is identified by first metadata; while playing back musical content within the audio content via the one or more speaker drivers, determining that the first metadata excludes one or more items of metadata corresponding to the musical content; based on determining that the first metadata excludes the one or more items of metadata corresponding to musical content, transmitting, via the network interface, a request for second metadata corresponding to the musical content, from a first identification system; receiving, via the network interface from the first identification system, a message indicating that the first identification system was unable to (i) identify the audio content and (ii) retrieve information related to the audio content; based on receiving the message, transmitting, via the network interface, a further request for third metadata corresponding to the audio content representing the musical content, from a second identification system; and receiving, via the network interface from the second identification system in response to transmitting the further request, supplementary metadata identifying the audio content and containing information related to the audio content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a one or more processors to cause a playback device to perform functions comprising:
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playing back, via one or more speaker drivers, audio content, wherein the audio content is identified by first metadata; while playing back musical content within the audio content via the one or more speaker drivers, determining that the first metadata excludes one or more items of metadata corresponding to the musical content; based on determining that the first metadata excludes the one or more items of metadata corresponding to musical content, transmitting, via a network interface, a request for second metadata corresponding to the musical content, from a first identification system; receiving, via the network interface from the first identification system, a message indicating that the first identification system was unable to (i) identify the audio content and (ii) retrieve information related to the audio content; based on receiving the message, transmitting, via the network interface, a further request for third metadata corresponding to the audio content representing the musical content, from a second identification system; and receiving, via the network interface from the second identification system in response to transmitting the further request, supplementary metadata identifying the audio content and containing information related to the audio content. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method to be performed by a playback device, the method comprising:
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playing back, via one or more speaker drivers, audio content, wherein the audio content is identified by first metadata; while playing back musical content within the audio content via the one or more speaker drivers, determining that the first metadata excludes one or more items of metadata corresponding to the musical content; based on determining that the first metadata excludes the one or more items of metadata corresponding to musical content, transmitting, via a network interface, a request for second metadata corresponding to the musical content, from a first identification system; receiving, via the network interface from the first identification system, a message indicating that the first identification system was unable to (i) identify the audio content and (ii) retrieve information related to the audio content; based on receiving the message, transmitting, via the network interface, a further request for third metadata corresponding to the audio content representing the musical content, from a second identification system; and receiving, via the network interface from the second identification system in response to transmitting the further request, supplementary metadata identifying the audio content and containing information related to the audio content. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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