Private Queue Indicator

• US 20140181997A1
• Filed: 05/29/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Inventors: Kumar, Abhishek, Lambourne, Robert Andrew
• Granted Patent: US 9,953,179 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/29
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/00 Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/086 using security domains

Abstract

Embodiments provided herein involve connected states between a mobile device and one or more zones in a network media system and different interactions between the mobile device and the network media system involving the connected states. The connected states may be established between the mobile device and the one or more zones such that further actions taken on media items identified in the playlist on the mobile device may also be taken on corresponding media items in a playback queue associated with the one or more zones. The interface on the mobile device may display various graphical representations to indicate the different interactions involving the connected states, including when a connected state is established, when a connected state is lost, and when a reconnected state is reestablished. The interface may further provide selectable icons to allow a user to navigate among the different media playback options involving the connected states.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining by a first mobile device that a playback queue associated with a zone of one or more playback devices in a networked media system is a private queue, wherein the private queue includes one or more media items from a second playlist on a second mobile device, and wherein a credential is required to access private queue information identifying the one or more media items in the private queue; and

displaying on a user interface of the first mobile device, a first status representation indicating that the queue associated with the zone of the networked media system is a private queue such that the credential is required to access the private queue information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first mobile device and the second mobile device are the same device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving on the user interface of the first mobile device, an input indicating a selection of the zone; and

establishing a connected state between the first mobile device and the zone such that an action taken on one or more media items identified in a first playlist on the first mobile device via the first mobile device causes a corresponding action to be taken by the zone on a corresponding one or more media items in the playback queue associated with the zone.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

prior to establishing the connected state between the first mobile device and the zone, providing the credential to the zone to access the private queue information.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein establishing the connected state between the first mobile device and the zone comprises:

causing the playback queue associated with the zone of the network media system to be populated with the one or more media items identified in the first playlist on the first mobile device.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the corresponding action taken on the corresponding one or more media items in the playback queue of the zone comprises one or more of the following:

(a) playing the corresponding one or more media items, (b) pausing playback of the corresponding one or more media items, (c) muting playback of the corresponding one or more media items, (d) removing the corresponding one or more media items from the playback queue, (e) adding a new media item to the one or more corresponding media items in the playback queue, and (f) playing a next media item in the one or more corresponding media items in the playback queue.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a first playlist on the first mobile device identifies one or more media items corresponding to one or more media items in the playback queue associated with the zone, the method further comprising:

receiving on the user interface of the first mobile device, an input indicating a selection of the zone; and

establishing a control state between the first mobile device and the zone such that an action taken on one or more corresponding media items identified in the first playlist on the first mobile device via the first mobile device causes a corresponding action to be taken by the zone on the one or more media items in the playback queue associated with the zone.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

prior to establishing the control state between the first mobile device and the zone, providing the credential to the zone to access the private queue information.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the corresponding action taken on the corresponding one or more media items in the playback queue of the zone comprises one or more of the following:

(a) playing the corresponding one or more media items, (b) pausing playback of the corresponding one or more media items, (c) muting playback of the corresponding one or more media items, (d) removing the corresponding one or more media items from the playback queue, (e) adding a new media item to the one or more corresponding media items in the playback queue, and (f) playing a next media item in the one or more corresponding media items in the playback queue.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface of the mobile device is provided on a touch-sensitive screen.

11. A device comprising:

a processor; and

memory having stored thereon instructions executable by the processor to cause the device to perform functions comprising;

determining by a first mobile device that a playback queue associated with a zone of one or more playback devices in a networked media system is a private queue, wherein the private queue includes one or more media items from a second playlist on a second mobile device, and wherein a credential is required to access private queue information identifying the one or more media items in the private queue; and

displaying on a user interface of the first mobile device, a first status representation indicating that the queue associated with the zone of the networked media system is a private queue such that the credential is required to access the private queue information.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the first mobile device and the second mobile device are the same device.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein the functions further comprise:

receiving on the user interface of the first mobile device, an input indicating a selection of the zone; and

establishing a connected state between the first mobile device and the zone such that an action taken on one or more media items identified in a first playlist on the first mobile device via the first mobile device causes a corresponding action to be taken by the zone on a corresponding one or more media items in the playback queue associated with the zone.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the functions further comprise:

prior to establishing the connected state between the first mobile device and the zone, providing the credential to the zone to access the private queue information.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein the function of establishing the connected state between the first mobile device and the zone further comprises:

causing the playback queue associated with the zone of the network media system to be populated with the one or more media items identified in the first playlist on the first mobile device.

16. The device of claim 13, wherein the corresponding action taken on the corresponding one or more media items in the playback queue of the zone comprises one or more of the following:

(a) playing the corresponding one or more media items, (b) pausing playback of the corresponding one or more media items, (c) muting playback of the corresponding one or more media items, (d) removing the corresponding one or more media items from the playback queue, (e) adding a new media item to the one or more corresponding media items in the playback queue, and (f) playing a next media item in the one or more corresponding media items in the playback queue.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:

determining by a first mobile device that a playback queue associated with a zone of one or more playback devices in a networked media system is a private queue, wherein the private queue includes one or more media items from a second playlist on a second mobile device, and wherein a credential is required to access private queue information identifying the one or more media items in the private queue; and

displaying on a user interface of the first mobile device, a first status representation indicating that the queue associated with the zone of the networked media system is a private queue such that the credential is required to access the private queue information.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein a first playlist on the first mobile device identifies one or more media items corresponding to one or more media items in the playback queue associated with the zone, and wherein the functions further comprise:

receiving on the user interface of the first mobile device, an input indicating a selection of the zone; and

establishing a control state between the first mobile device and the zone such that an action taken on one or more corresponding media items identified in the first playlist on the first mobile device via the first mobile device causes a corresponding action to be taken by the zone on the one or more media items in the playback queue associated with the zone.

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

prior to establishing the control state between the first mobile device and the zone, providing the credential to the zone to access the private queue information.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the user interface of the mobile device is provided on a touch-sensitive screen.