Private queue indicator

• US 9,953,179 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2013
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Inventors: Kumar, Abhishek, Lambourne, Robert Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Shiferaw, Eleni A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Callahan, Paul E
• Application Number:
  US13/904,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20140181997A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,791 Days
• 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 performed via a first mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving zone information indicating at least one zone controllable by the first mobile device, wherein the at least one zone comprises a first zone comprising one or more first playback devices, wherein the one or more first playback devices are distinct from the first mobile device, and wherein the first zone is configured to play one or more first media items identified in a first playback queue;

receiving queue information indicating the one or more first media items, wherein the one or more first media items was added to the playback queue by a second mobile device that is distinct from the first mobile device and the one or more first playback devices, and wherein the one or more media item is associated with access rights requiring a credential to access the first playback queue;

in response to receiving the queue information, determining that the credential is required to access the first playback queue;

displaying concurrently (a) a list of zones comprising the first zone and (b) an indication that the credential is required to access the first playback queue based on the determining that the credential is required to access the first playback queue, wherein the indication overlays the zone representation of the first zone;

receiving an input indicating a selection of the displayed first zone;

after receiving the input indicating the selection of the displayed first zone, providing the credential to the one or more first playback devices; and

after receiving the input indicating the selection of the displayed first zone and providing the credential to the one or more first playback devices;

receiving queue content information identifying the one or more first media items, and

enabling the first mobile device to control playback of the one or more first media items by the one or more first playback devices in accordance with commands transmitted from the first mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

adding, via the first mobile device, one or more additional media items to the first playback queue; and

enabling the first mobile device to control playback of the one or more additional media items by the one or more first playback devices in accordance with commands transmitted from the first mobile device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising causing the one or more first playback devices to perform one or more of the following functions:

(a) pausing playback of a media item of the one or more additional media items, (b) muting playback of a media item of the one or more additional media items, and (c) removing a media item of the one or more additional media items from the first playback queue.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing the one or more first playback devices to perform one or more of the following functions:

(a) pausing playback of a media item of the one or more first media items, (b) muting playback of a media item of the one or more first media items, and (c) removing a media item of the one or more first media items from the first playback queue.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the indication comprises displaying the indication on a touch-sensitive screen.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the credential comprises a password.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the zone information comprises:

receiving the zone information indicating the at least one zone controllable by the first mobile device, wherein the at least one zone comprises the first zone comprising the one or more first playback devices and a second zone comprising one or more second playback devices, wherein the first zone is configured to play the one or more first media items identified in the first playback queue, and wherein the second zone is configured to play one or more second media items identified in a second playback queue.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving second queue information indicating the one or more second media items, wherein the one or more second items was added to the second playback queue by a third mobile device that is distinct from the first mobile device, and wherein the one or more second media item is not associated with access rights; and

in response to receiving the second queue information, determining that no credential is required to access the second playback queue.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein displaying the list of zones comprises:

displaying concurrently the first zone and the indication that the credential is required to access the first playback queue; and

displaying the second zone without an indication that the credential is required to access the second playback queue.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a selectable graphical representation to cause display of the list of zones;

receiving a second input indicating a selection of the selectable graphical representation, and

wherein displaying concurrently (a) a list of zones comprising the first zone and (b) an indication that the credential is required to access the first playback queue comprises;

in response to receiving the second input, displaying concurrently (a) the list of zones and (b) the indication that the credential is required to access the first playback queue.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the credential comprises an identifier, and wherein after receiving the input indicating the selection of the displayed first zone, providing the credential to the one or more first playback devices comprises:

in response to receiving the input indicating the selection of the displayed first zone, transmitting to the one or more first playback devices the identifier.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the input is a first input, and the method further comprises:

receiving a second input indicating a selection of a displayed icon to display an interface for zone selection, and

wherein displaying concurrently (a) a list of zones comprising the first zone and (b) an indication that the credential is required to access the first playback queue comprises;

in response to receiving the second input, displaying concurrently (a) the list of zones comprising the first zone and (b) the indication that the credential is required to access the first playback queue.

13. A first mobile device comprising:

a processor; and

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

receiving zone information indicating at least one zone controllable by the first mobile device, wherein the at least one zone comprises a first zone comprising one or more first playback devices, wherein the one or more first playback devices are distinct from the first mobile device, and wherein the first zone is configured to play one or more first media items identified in a first playback queue;

receiving queue information indicating the one or more first media items, wherein the one or more first media items was added to the playback queue by a second mobile device that is distinct from the first mobile device and the one or more first playback devices, and wherein the one or more media item is associated with access rights requiring a credential to access the first playback queue;

in response to receiving the queue information, determining that the credential is required to access first playback queue;

displaying concurrently (a) a list of zones comprising the first zone and (b) an indication that the credential is required to access the first playback queue based on the determining that the credential is required to access the first playback queue, wherein the indication overlays the zone representation of the first zone;

receiving an input indicating a selection of the displayed first zone;

after receiving the input indicating the selection of the displayed first zone, providing the credential to the one or more first playback devices; and

after receiving the input indicating the selection of the displayed first zone, and providing the credential to the one or more first playback devices;

receiving queue content information identifying the one or more first media items, and

enabling the first mobile device to control playback of the one or more first media items by the one or more first playback devices in accordance with commands transmitted from the first mobile device.

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

adding one or more additional media items to the first playback queue; and

enabling the one or more first playback devices in accordance with commands transmitted from the first mobile device.

15. The first mobile device of claim 14, wherein the functions further comprise causing the one or more first playback devices to perform one or more of the following functions:

(a) pausing playback of a media item of the one or more additional media items, (b) muting playback of a media item of the one or more additional media items, and (c) removing a media item of the one or more additional media items from the first playback queue.

16. The first mobile device of claim 13, the functions further comprising causing the one or more first playback devices to perform one or more of the following functions:

(a) pausing playback of a media item of the one or more first media items, (b) muting playback of a media item of the one or more first media items, and (c) removing a media item of the one or more first media items from the first playback queue.

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

receiving zone information indicating at least one zone controllable by the first mobile device, wherein the at least one zone comprises a first zone comprising one or more first playback devices, wherein the one or more first playback devices are distinct from the first mobile device, and wherein the first zone is configured to play one or more first media items identified in a first playback queue;

receiving queue information indicating the one or more first media items, wherein the one or more first media items was added to the playback queue by a second mobile device that is distinct from the first mobile device and the one or more first playback devices, and wherein the one or more media item is associated with access rights requiring a credential to access the first playback queue;

in response to receiving the queue information, determining that the credential is required to access the first playback queue;

displaying concurrently (a) a list of zones comprising the first zone and (b) an indication that the credential is required to access the first playback queue based on the determining that the credential is required to access the first playback queue, wherein the indication overlays the zone representation of the first zone;

receiving an input indicating a selection of the displayed first zone;

after receiving the input indicating the selection of the displayed first zone, providing the credential to the one or more first playback devices; and

after receiving the input indicating the selection of the displayed first zone and providing the credential to the one or more first playback devices,

receiving queue content information identifying the one or more first media items, and

enabling the first mobile device to control playback of the one or more first media items by the one or more first playback devices in accordance with commands transmitted from the first mobile device.

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

adding one or more additional media items to the first playback queue; and

enabling the first mobile device to control playback of the one or more additional media items by the one or more first playback devices in accordance with commands transmitted from the first mobile device.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein displaying the indication comprises displaying the indication on a touch-sensitive screen.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the credential comprises a password.