Social playback queues

• US 10,126,916 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2015
• Issued: 11/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Inventors: Clayton, Eric, Valente, Danny
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsang, Fan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Siegel, David
• Application Number:
  US14/821,513
• Publication Number:
  US 20170060352A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,194 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• 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: H04N 21/2408 Monitoring of the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. client requests monitoring data switching networks utilization H04L43/0876; scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60
• 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 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104

Abstract

An example method involves monitoring, by a computing device, a communications feed for an indication of media and detecting, in the communications feed, the indication of the media. The method may further involve identifying at least one media item corresponding to the indication of the media and causing a playback queue of a media playback system to include one or more of the identified at least one media item.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

accessing, by a first computing device corresponding to a media playback system, a communication feed maintained by a second computing device, wherein the communication feed is associated with a user profile of the media playback system;

determining, by the first computing device, whether a communication in the communication feed transmitted from a third computing device to the second computing device includes a predetermined, user-input, text-based syntax that designates indications of media in the communications feed;

if the first computing device determines that the communication includes the predetermined user-input, text-based syntax that designates indications of media in the communication feed;

based on the determination that the communication includes the predetermined user-input, text-based syntax that designates indications of media in the communications feed, determining that the communication comprises an indication of media;

responsively, identifying, by the first computing device, from a service provider associated with the user profile, a media item corresponding to the indication of media; and

causing, by the first computing device, the media item to be added to a playback queue of the media playback system; and

if the first computing device determines that the communication does not include the predetermined, user-input, text-based syntax that designates indications of media in the communication feed;

determining that the communication does not designate an indication of media.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending, by the first computing device, a message to cause an indication that the media item has been added to the playback queue to be provided on the communication feed associated with the user profile.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing a graphical display to display an indication that the media item was added to the playback queue.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing a graphical display to display a representation of the communication feed with the predetermined user-input, text-based syntax and the indication of media.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing a graphical display to display a selectable representation for removing the media item from the playback queue.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing a playback device associated with the playback queue to receive a stream of the media item to play the media item.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication is a first communication, wherein the indication of media is a first indication of media, wherein the media item is a first media item, and wherein the method further comprises:

after causing the first media item to be added to the playback queue of the media playback system, determining that a second communication in the communication feed includes the predetermined, user-input, text-based syntax that designates indications of media in the communication feed;

based on the determination that the second communication includes the predetermined user-input, text-based syntax that designates indications of media in the communication feed, determining that the second communication comprises a second indication of media;

responsively, identifying, by the first computing device, from a service provider associated with the user profile, a second media item corresponding to the second indication of media;

determining that the first media item and the second media item are the same; and

causing, by the first computing device, a playback order of the media item in the playback queue to be adjusted.

8. A first computing device corresponding to a media playback system, the first computing device comprising:

a processor; and

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

accessing a communication feed maintained by a second computing device, wherein the communication feed is associated with a user profile of the media playback system;

determining whether a communication in the communication feed transmitted from a third computing device to the second computing device includes a predetermined, user-input, text-based syntax that designates indications of media in the communications feed;

if the first computing device determines that the communication includes the predetermined, user-input, text-based syntax that designates indications of media in the communication feed;

based on the determination that the communication includes the predetermined, user-input, text-based syntax that designates indications of media in the communications feed, determining that the communication comprises an indication of media;

responsively, identifying from a service provider associated with the user profile, a media item corresponding to the indication of media; and

causing the media item to be added to a playback queue of the media playback system; and

if the first computing device determines that the communication does not include the predetermined, user-input, text-based syntax that designates indications of media in the communication feed;

determining that the communication does not designate an indication of media.

9. The first computing device of claim 8, wherein the functions further comprise:

sending a message to cause an indication that the media item has been added to the playback queue to be provided on the communication feed associated with the user profile.

10. The first computing device of claim 8, wherein the functions further comprise:

causing a graphical display to display an indication that the media item was added to the playback queue.

11. The first computing device of claim 8, wherein the functions further comprise:

causing a graphical display to display a representation of the communication feed with the predetermined user input, text-based syntax and indication of media.

12. The first computing device of claim 8, wherein the functions further comprise:

causing a graphical display to display a selectable representation for removing the media item from the playback queue.

13. The first computing device of claim 8, wherein the functions further comprise:

causing a playback device associated with the playback queue to receive a stream of the media item to play the media item.

14. The first computing device of claim 8, wherein the communication is a first communication, wherein the indication of media is a first indication of media, wherein the media item is a first media item, and wherein the functions further comprise:

after causing the first media item to be added to the playback queue of the media playback system, determining that a second communication in the communication feed includes the predetermined, user-input, text-based syntax that designates indications of media in the communication feed;

based on the determination that the second communication includes the predetermined user-input, text-based syntax that designates indications of media in the communication feed, determining that the second communication comprises a second indication of media;

responsively, identifying from a service provider associated with the user profile, a second media item corresponding to the second indication of media;

determining that the first media item and the second media item are the same; and

causing a playback order of the media item in the playback queue to be adjusted.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a first computing device corresponding to a media playback system to perform functions comprising:

accessing a communication feed maintained by a second computing device, wherein the communication feed is associated with a user profile of the media playback system;

determining whether a communication in the communication feed transmitted from a third computing device to the second computing device includes a predetermined, user-input, text-based syntax that designates indications of media in the communications feed;

if the first computing device determines that the communication includes the predetermined, user-input, text-based syntax that designates indications of media in the communication feed;

based on the determination that the communication includes the predetermined, user-input, text-based syntax that designates indications of media in the communications feed, determining that the communication comprises an indication of media;

responsively, identifying from a service provider associated with the user profile, a media item corresponding to the indication of media; and

causing the media item to be added to a playback queue of the media playback system; and

if the first computing device determines that the communication does not include the predetermined, user-input, text-based syntax that designates indications of media in the communication feed;

determining that the communication does not designate an indication of media.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the functions further comprise:

sending a message to cause an indication that the media item has been added to the playback queue to be provided on the communication feed associated with the user profile.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the functions further comprise:

causing a graphical display to display an indication that the media item was added to the playback queue.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the functions further comprise:

causing a graphical display to display a selectable representation for removing the media item from the playback queue.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the functions further comprise:

causing a playback device associated with the playback queue to receive a stream of the media item to play the media item.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the communication is a first communication, wherein the indication of media is a first indication of media, wherein the media item is a first media item, and wherein the functions further comprise:

after causing the first media item to be added to the playback queue of the media playback system, determining that a second communication in the communication feed includes the predetermined, user-input, text-based syntax that designates indications of media in the communication feed;

based on the determination that the second communication includes the predetermined user-input, text-based syntax that designates indications of media in the communication feed, determining that the second communication comprises a second indication of media;

responsively, identifying from a service provider associated with the user profile, a second media item corresponding to the second indication of media;

determining that the first media item and the second media item are the same; and

causing a playback order of the media item in the playback queue to be adjusted.