Cloud queue access control

• US 9,648,070 B2
• Filed: 04/15/2016
• Issued: 05/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Inventors: Beckhardt, Steven, Schulert, Andrew J., Ramsperger, Gregory
• Primary Examiner(s): Flanders, Andrew C
• Application Number:
  US15/099,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20160231984A1
• Time in Patent Office: 389 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/638 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/80 characterised by transmission among terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/61 for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/65 Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 : Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2541 : Rights Management protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10; security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25816 : involving client authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• 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 21/4325 : by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 : Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4627 : Rights management associated to the content security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 : using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6377 : directed to server one-way streaming services wherein the source is controlled by the destination H04L65/613
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/654 : Transmission by server directed to the client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/658 : Transmission by the client directed to the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 : comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8355 : involving usage data, e.g. number of copies or viewings allowed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8455 : involving pointers to the content, e.g. pointers to the I-frames of the video stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2227/005 : Audio distribution systems for home, i.e. multi-room use
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 27/00 : Public address systems circuits for preventing acoustic reaction H04R3/02; circuits for distributing signals to loudspeakers H04R3/12; monitoring or testing arrangements for public address systems H04R29/007; amplifiers H03F

Abstract

An example implementation may involve a computing system receiving, from a media playback system, a request to initiate playback of a cloud queue. The cloud queue may currently have a first access status that authorizes a first set of queue operations, which may include playback of the cloud queue. After receiving the request to initiate playback, the computing system may cause audio tracks of the cloud queue to be queued in a local queue of the media playback system such that the media playback system may playback audio tracks of the cloud queue via the local queue. The computing system may modify the access status of the cloud queue to a second access status. This second access status may authorize a second set of queue operations on the cloud queue. The computing system may cause access to the local queue to be restricted to the second set of queue operations.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, via a computing system over a network interface from a media playback system, a request to initiate playback of a cloud queue at a given audio track, wherein an access status of the cloud queue is currently a first access status that authorizes a first set of queue operations, the first set of queue operations comprising playback of the cloud queue;

after receiving the request to initiate playback of the cloud queue, causing, via the computing system over the network interface, one or more audio tracks of the cloud queue to be queued in a local queue of the media playback system, wherein the one or more audio tracks include at least the given audio track, and wherein the audio tracks of the cloud queue are playable by one or more playback devices of the media playback system via the local queue;

modifying, via the computing system, the access status of the cloud queue from the first access status to a second access status, wherein the second access status authorizes a second set of queue operations on the cloud queue, wherein the second set of queue operations is different from the first set of queue operations; and

based on the second access status of the cloud queue, causing, via the computing system over the network interface, access to the local queue of the media playback system to be restricted to the second set of queue operations.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second set of queue operations excludes playback of the cloud queue, and wherein causing access to the local queue of the media playback system to be restricted to the second set of queue operations comprises sending, via the network interface, an instruction that causes playback of the local queue by one or more playback devices to be restricted.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the local queue is stored in a data storage of a given playback device, and wherein sending the instruction that causes playback of the local queue by one or more playback devices to be restricted comprises causing the local queue to be deleted from the data storage of the given playback device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second set of queue operations excludes modification of the cloud queue, and wherein causing access to the local queue of the media playback system to be restricted to the second set of queue operations comprises preventing the media playback system from modifying the one or more audio tracks of the cloud queue that are queued in the local queue of the media playback system.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein causing the one or more audio tracks of the cloud queue to be queued in the local queue of the media playback system comprises:

causing the local queue to be established in a data storage of a given playback device; and

causing the local queue to indicate a subset of audio tracks from the cloud queue, the subset of audio tracks including the given audio track and one or more subsequent audio tracks.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the media playback system is a first media playback system and the one or more playback devices are one or more first playback devices, and wherein the method further comprises:

while the first media playback system is playing back a particular audio track of the cloud queue, receiving, over the network interface from a second media playback system, a request to initiate playback of the cloud queue; and

causing, via the computing system over the network interface, one or more audio tracks of the cloud queue to be queued in a local queue of the second media playback system, wherein the one or more audio tracks include at least the particular audio track.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

based on the second access status of the cloud queue, causing, via the computing system over the network interface, access to the local queue of the second media playback system to be restricted to the second set of queue operations.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

as the one or more audio tracks that are queued in (i) the local queue of the first media playback system and (ii) the local queue of the second media playback system are played back, causing additional audio tracks of the cloud queue to be queued in the local queue of the first media playback system and the local queue of the second media playback system.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing system comprises a plurality of cloud computing devices interconnected via a network.

10. Tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions encoded therein, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause a computing system to perform a method comprising:

receiving, over a network interface from a media playback system, a request to initiate playback of a cloud queue at a given audio track, wherein an access status of the cloud queue is currently a first access status that authorizes a first set of queue operations, the first set of queue operations comprising playback of the cloud queue;

after receiving the request to initiate playback of the cloud queue, causing, over the network interface, one or more audio tracks of the cloud queue to be queued in a local queue of the media playback system, wherein the one or more audio tracks include at least the given audio track, and wherein the audio tracks of the cloud queue are playable by one or more playback devices of the media playback system via the local queue;

modifying the access status of the cloud queue from the first access status to a second access status, wherein the second access status authorizes a second set of queue operations on the cloud queue, wherein the second set of queue operations is different from the first set of queue operations; and

based on the second access status of the cloud queue, causing, over the network interface, access to the local queue of the media playback system to be restricted to the second set of queue operations.

11. The tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 10, wherein the second set of queue operations excludes playback of the cloud queue, and wherein causing access to the local queue of the media playback system to be restricted to the second set of queue operations comprises sending, via the network interface, an instruction that causes playback of the local queue by one or more playback devices to be restricted.

12. The tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 11, wherein the local queue is stored in a data storage of a given playback device, and wherein sending the instruction that causes playback of the local queue by one or more playback devices to be restricted comprises causing the local queue to be deleted from the data storage of the given playback device.

13. The tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 10, wherein the second set of queue operations excludes modification of the cloud queue, and wherein causing access to the local queue of the media playback system to be restricted to the second set of queue operations comprises preventing the media playback system from modifying the one or more audio tracks of the cloud queue that are queued in the local queue of the media playback system.

14. The tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 10, wherein causing the one or more audio tracks of the cloud queue to be queued in the local queue of the media playback system comprises:

causing the local queue to be established in a data storage of a given playback device; and

causing the local queue to indicate a subset of audio tracks from the cloud queue, the subset of audio tracks including the given audio track and one or more subsequent audio tracks.

15. The tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 10, wherein the media playback system is a first media playback system and the one or more playback devices are one or more first playback devices, and wherein the method further comprises:

while the first media playback system is playing back a particular audio track of the cloud queue, receiving, over the network interface from a second media playback system, a request to initiate playback of the cloud queue; and

causing, via the computing system over the network interface, one or more audio tracks of the cloud queue to be queued in a local queue of the second media playback system, wherein the one or more audio tracks include at least the particular audio track.

16. The tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

based on the second access status of the cloud queue, causing, via the computing system over the network interface, access to the local queue of the second media playback system to be restricted to the second set of queue operations.

17. The tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

as the one or more audio tracks that are queued in (i) the local queue of the first media playback system and (ii) the local queue of the second media playback system are played back, causing additional audio tracks of the cloud queue to be queued in the local queue of the first media playback system and the local queue of the second media playback system.

18. The tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 10, wherein the computing system comprises a plurality of cloud computing devices interconnected via a network.

19. A computing system comprising:

one or more network interfaces;

one or more processors; and

computer-readable media having instructions encoded therein, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to perform a method comprising;

receiving, over the one or more network interfaces from a media playback system, a request to initiate playback of a cloud queue at a given audio track, wherein an access status of the cloud queue is currently a first access status that authorizes a first set of queue operations, the first set of queue operations comprising playback of the cloud queue;

after receiving the request to initiate playback of the cloud queue, causing, over the one or more network interfaces, one or more audio tracks of the cloud queue to be queued in a local queue of the media playback system, wherein the one or more audio tracks include at least the given audio track, and wherein the audio tracks of the cloud queue are playable by one or more playback devices of the media playback system via the local queue;

modifying the access status of the cloud queue from the first access status to a second access status, wherein the second access status authorizes a second set of queue operations on the cloud queue, wherein the second set of queue operations is different from the first set of queue operations; and

based on the second access status of the cloud queue, causing, over the one or more network interfaces, access to the local queue of the media playback system to be restricted to the second set of queue operations.

20. The computing system of claim 19, wherein the computing system comprises a plurality of cloud computing devices interconnected via a network.