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Location-based music content identification

  • US 10,362,077 B2
  • Filed: 04/05/2016
  • Issued: 07/23/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • streaming, via a network interface by one or more servers of a media streaming service, a playlist of audio tracks to one or more playback devices for playback by the one or more playback devices;

    while streaming the playlist to the one or more playback devices, receiving, via the network interface of the one or more servers, a location message comprising location information indicating a current location of a mobile computing device, the location information including global positioning system (GPS) data indicating current GPS coordinates of the mobile computing device, wherein the mobile computing device transmits the location message indicating the current location of the mobile computing device when the current GPS coordinates indicate that the mobile computing device has moved location;

    based on the GPS data, determining, via the one or more servers, identification information indicating a particular first audio track that is currently playing on one or more playback devices at the current location of the mobile computing device and two or more recently played second audio tracks that were played back preceding the particular first audio track by the one or more playback devices and (ii) availability information indicating that the particular first audio track and the two or more recently played second audio tracks are available for streaming playback via a media streaming service, wherein the one or more playback devices are playing a playlist including the particular first audio track and the two or more recently played second audio tracks, wherein the one or more playback devices are different from the one or more servers and the mobile computing device; and

    in response to receiving the location message and determining the identification information indicating the particular first audio track, causing a control interface on the mobile computing device to concurrently display (i) a Now Playing region including a first graphical indication of the particular first audio track currently playing on the one or more playback devices, (ii) a second region including graphical indicators of the two or more recently played second audio tracks and (iii) a selectable third region including a graphical indication that the particular first audio track and the two or more recently played second audio tracks are available for playback via the media streaming service, wherein the selectable third region comprises a link to the playlist of the media streaming service, and wherein the audio tracks of the playlist are streamable to the mobile computing device from the media streaming service.

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