ADVANCED PLAYBACK QUEUE MANAGEMENT

• US 20120089910A1
• Filed: 06/10/2011
• Published: 04/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cricket Communications Incorporated (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cassidy, Brendon P.
• Granted Patent: US 9,015,588 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/36 by determining packet size, e.g. maximum transfer unit [MTU]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26258 for generating a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlist, or scheduling item distribution according to such list retrieval of multimedia data based on playlists G06F16/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612

Abstract

Methods, systems, apparatus and non-transitory computer readable-media are described for creating and/or maintaining a playback queue of media content. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method of providing playback of media content includes receiving a request from a mobile communications device associated with a user to browse a media archive. A user selection of a category and a request to initiate management of a playback queue are received. A media listing is generated responsive to the received request. A user selection of one or more items of media content from the generated media listing is received. One or more playback queue options for the user selected items of media content are presented. A user selection of one of the presented one or more playback queue options is received. The user selected items of media content are manipulated to update the playback queue responsive to the received user selected playback queue option.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of providing playback of media content, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a mobile communications device associated with a user to browse a media archive comprising one or more categories of media content;

receiving a user selection of a category from the browsed media archive

receiving a request to initiate management of a playback queue from a context of the selected category;

generating a media listing responsive to the received request to initiate management of a playback queue;

receiving a user selection of one or more items of media content from the generated media listing;

presenting one or more playback queue options for the user selected items of media content;

receiving a user selection of one of the presented one or more playback queue options; and

manipulating the user selected items of media content to update the playback queue responsive to the received user selected playback queue option.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether user selection from the generated media listing has ended; and

when determining that the user selection from the generated media listing has ended, presenting the one or more playback queue options for the user selected items of media content.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein determining whether user selection from the generated media listing has ended comprises:

receiving a user input indicating the user selection from the generated media listing has ended.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more playback queue options for the user selected items of media content comprises:

an option to begin playback of the one or more selected items of media content and suspend or cancel playback of one or more presently playing media items.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more playback queue options for the user selected items of media content comprises:

an option to play the one or more selected items of media content after playback of presently playing song has completed.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more playback queue options for the user selected items of media content comprises:

an option to append the one or more selected items of media content to an existing playback queue.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more playback queue options for the user selected items of media content comprises:

an option to discard an existing playback queue and generate a new play queue based on the selected items of media content.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein receiving the browsed media archive is associated with another user.

16. The computer-program product of claim 1, wherein receiving the browsed media archive is associated with another user.

9. A computer-program product, embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, adapted to cause a data processing machine to provide playback of media content by performing operations comprising:

receiving a request from a mobile communications device associated with a user to browse a media archive comprising one or more categories of media content;

receiving a user selection of a category from the browsed media archive

receiving a request to initiate management of a playback queue from a context of the selected category;

generating a media listing responsive to the received request to initiate management of a playback queue;

receiving a user selection of one or more items of media content from the generated media listing;

presenting one or more playback queue options for the user selected items of media content;

receiving a user selection of one of the presented one or more playback queue options; and

manipulating the user selected items of media content to update the playback queue responsive to the received user selected playback queue option.

10. The computer-program product of claim 9, further adapted to cause a data processing machine to perform operations comprising:

determining whether user selection from the generated media listing has ended; and

when determining that the user selection from the generated media listing has ended, presenting the one or more playback queue options for the user selected items of media content.

11. The computer-program product of claim 10, wherein determining whether user selection from the generated media listing has ended comprises:

receiving a user input indicating the user selection from the generated media listing has ended.

12. The computer-program product of claim 9, wherein the one or more playback queue options for the user selected items of media content comprises:

an option to begin playback of the one or more selected items of media content and suspend or cancel playback of one or more presently playing media items.

13. The computer-program product of claim 9, wherein the one or more playback queue options for the user selected items of media content comprises:

an option to play the one or more selected items of media content after playback of presently playing song has completed.

14. The computer-program product of claim 9, wherein the one or more playback queue options for the user selected items of media content comprises:

an option to append the one or more selected items of media content to an existing playback queue.

15. The computer-program product of claim 9, wherein the one or more playback queue options for the user selected items of media content comprises:

an option to discard an existing playback queue and generate a new play queue based on the selected items of media content.

17. A system for providing playback of media content, the system comprising:

one or more client devices;

a network; and

a server system in communication with the one or more client devices over the network, wherein the server system is configured to perform the following;

receiving a request from a mobile communications device associated with a user to browse a media archive comprising one or more categories of media content;

receiving a user selection of a category from the browsed media archive

receiving a request to initiate management of a playback queue from a context of the selected category;

generating a media listing responsive to the received request to initiate management of a playback queue;

receiving a user selection of one or more items of media content from the generated media listing;

presenting one or more playback queue options for the user selected items of media content;

receiving a user selection of one of the presented one or more playback queue options; and

manipulating the user selected items of media content to update the playback queue responsive to the received user selected playback queue option.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the server system is configured to further perform:

determining whether user selection from the generated media listing has ended; and

when determining that the user selection from the generated media listing has ended, presenting the one or more playback queue options for the user selected items of media content.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein determining whether user selection from the generated media listing has ended comprises:

receiving a user input indicating the user selection from the generated media listing has ended.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the one or more playback queue options for the user selected items of media content comprises:

an option to begin playback of the one or more selected items of media content and suspend or cancel playback of one or more presently playing media items.