Private queue for a media playback system
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- responsive to an instruction provided via a first controller interface, receiving, via a network media system, a playlist identifying one or more media items that are available for playback, the network media system comprising a zone that comprises a playback device and a playback queue;
adding, via the network media system, the one or more media items identified by the playlist to the playback queue of the zone, wherein the playback queue contains information identifying queued media items to be played by the zone;
receiving, via the network media system from a second controller interface, a request for the information identifying all queued media items in the playback queue;
determining, via the network media system, that the second controller interface lacks a credential to receive information identifying all queued media items in the playback queue;
determining, via the network media system, a subset of the media items in the playback queue based on the second controller interface lacking the credential, wherein the determining the subset comprises;
identifying, as included in the subset, media items in the playback queue that are not in the playlist and not information of the media items in the playback queue that are in the playlist; and
providing, via the network media system to the second controller interface, all playback queue information available to the second controller interface, the playback queue information comprising information identifying the subset of the media items in the playback queue.
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Abstract
Embodiments are discussed for providing private playback queues in a media playback system such that users without access rights to the playback queue may not access the contents of the playback queue. The embodiments may involve receiving at a playback device of a network media system a playlist responsive to an instruction via a first controller interface, adding the playlist to a playback queue associated with the zone, receiving a request from a second controller interface for the information identifying the one or more items in the playback queue, determining that the second controller interface lacks a credential to receive the information identifying the one or more items in the playback queue, and providing the information identifying a subset of the one or more items in the playback queue to the second controller interface.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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responsive to an instruction provided via a first controller interface, receiving, via a network media system, a playlist identifying one or more media items that are available for playback, the network media system comprising a zone that comprises a playback device and a playback queue; adding, via the network media system, the one or more media items identified by the playlist to the playback queue of the zone, wherein the playback queue contains information identifying queued media items to be played by the zone; receiving, via the network media system from a second controller interface, a request for the information identifying all queued media items in the playback queue; determining, via the network media system, that the second controller interface lacks a credential to receive information identifying all queued media items in the playback queue; determining, via the network media system, a subset of the media items in the playback queue based on the second controller interface lacking the credential, wherein the determining the subset comprises; identifying, as included in the subset, media items in the playback queue that are not in the playlist and not information of the media items in the playback queue that are in the playlist; and providing, via the network media system to the second controller interface, all playback queue information available to the second controller interface, the playback queue information comprising information identifying the subset of the media items in the playback queue. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by at least one processor to cause a network media system to perform functions comprising:
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responsive to an instruction provided via a first controller interface, receiving a playlist identifying one or more media items that are available for playback, the network media system comprising a zone that comprises a playback device and a playback queue; adding the one or more media items identified by the playlist to the playback queue of the zone, wherein the playback queue contains information identifying queued media items to be played by the zone; receiving, via a second controller interface, a request for the information identifying all queued media items in the playback queue; determining that the second controller interface lacks a credential to receive information identifying all queued media items in the playback queue; determining a subset of the media items in the playback queue based on the second controller interface lacking the credential, wherein determining the subset comprises; identifying, as include in the subset, media items in the playback queue that are not in the playlist and not information of the media items in the playback queue that are in playlist; and providing, to the second controller interface, all playback queue information available to the second controller interface, the playback queue information comprising information identifying the subset of the media items in the playback queue.
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18. A media system comprising:
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a zone comprising a playback device and a playback queue; a processor; and computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by the processor to cause the media system to perform functions comprising; responsive to an instruction provided via a first controller interface, receiving a playlist identifying one or more media items that are available for playback; adding the one or more media items identified by the playlist to the playback queue of the zone, wherein the playback queue contains information identifying queued media items to be played by the zone; receiving from a second controller interface a request for the information identifying all queued media items in the playback queue; determining that the second controller interface lacks a credential to receive information identifying all queued media items in the playback queue; determining a subset of the media items in the playback queue based on the second controller interface lacking the credential, wherein the determining the subset comprises; identifying, as included in the subset, media items in the playback queue that are not in the playlist and not information of the media items in the playback queue that are in playlist; and providing, to the second controller interface, all playback queue information available to the second controller interface, the playback queue information coin comprising information identifying the subset of the one or more media items in the playback queue. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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