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Systems, Methods, Apparatus, and Articles of Manufacture to Provide Guest Access

  • US 20130347022A1
  • Filed: 04/26/2013
  • Published: 12/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method comprising:

  • linking a guest controller to a media playback system, the media playback system comprising a zone player, the zone player containing a playback queue, the playback queue comprising information identifying media items to be played by the zone player, the media playback system providing the guest controller with a second access more limited than a first access granted to a local controller associated with the media playback system;

    receiving, by the media playback system, a message sent from the guest controller, the message comprising a media service credential and an identification of a media item to be played by the zone player;

    placing, by the media playback system, information identifying the media item from the guest controller in the playback queue; and

    retrieving media for the media item, by the media playback system, from a wide area network using the media service credential.

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