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Cloud queue synchronization protocol

  • US 9,654,459 B2
  • Filed: 02/06/2015
  • Issued: 05/16/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A playback device comprising:

  • a network interface;

    at least one processor;

    a data storage; and

    a program logic stored in the data storage and executable by the at least one processor to;

    while playing back a particular media item from a local queue of media items, send, to a remote server over the network interface, (i) a request for an indication of media items from a cloud queue of media items that is accessible to the playback device via a wide area network, and (ii) an indication of the particular media item that is being played by the playback device, wherein the local queue is stored in data storage of the playback device;

    receive, over the network interface, an indication of two or more media items from the cloud queue of media items, wherein the two or more media items include the particular media item that is being played by the playback device; and

    incorporate an indication of at least one of the two or more media items into the local queue of media items.

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