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Information display regarding playback queue subscriptions

  • US 9,891,880 B2
  • Filed: 03/31/2015
  • Issued: 02/13/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a first control device corresponding to a first playback device of a first media playback system, cause the first control device to perform functions comprising:

  • configuring, via a network interface of the first control device, the first playback device to play media content from a playback queue associated with the first playback device and comprising one or more audio tracks stored at a network location, wherein the first playback device is associated with a first user-account, and wherein the first playback device is connected to the first control device via a first local area network;

    enabling, via the network interface of the first control device, one or more other user-accounts associated with one or more other playback devices to subscribe to the playback queue via one or more wide area networks;

    receiving, via the network interface of the first control device, a subscription indication from a second control device that a second user-account associated with a second playback device of a second media playback system has subscribed to the playback queue, wherein the second control device is connected to the second playback device via a second local area network, and wherein the second control device is connected to the first control device via the one or more wide area networks; and

    in response to receiving the subscription indication, displaying a subscriber indicator on the first control device showing that the second user-account has subscribed to the playback queue.

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