Location-based playlist

• US 10,367,868 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2016
• Issued: 07/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Inventors: Trammell, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Duc
• Assistant Examiner(s): Eljaiek, Alexander L
• Application Number:
  US15/092,030
• Publication Number:
  US 20160219118A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,210 Days
• Field of Search: 700 94, 700236, 707769, 707E17014, 707E17018, 707E17101, 709217, 709218, 709219, 715716
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/735 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• 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: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2227/005 Audio distribution systems for home, i.e. multi-room use
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 27/00 Public address systems circuits for preventing acoustic reaction H04R3/02; circuits for distributing signals to loudspeakers H04R3/12; monitoring or testing arrangements for public address systems H04R29/007; amplifiers H03F
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Example techniques disclosed herein relate to location-based playlists. In an example implementation, a first computing device causes a graphical interface to display, in a media playback application, a location-based playlist that is based on location history of the first computing device. The first computing device receives an input indicating a selection of the location-based playlist and transmits, to a second computing device, a request for information associated with media content identified in the selected location-based playlist. The first computing device receives the requested information associated with media content identified in the location-based playlist. The information indicates at least one media item that was played back while the first computing device was located at one or more prior locations indicated in the location history of the first computing device. The first computing device causes the graphical interface to display the requested information associated with the media content.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

causing, via a mobile device, one or more servers of a media streaming service to generate a location-based playlist of multiple audio tracks, wherein causing the one or more servers to generate the location-based playlist comprises sending, via a network interface of the mobile device over one or more networks to the one or more servers, location messages indicating respective GPS coordinates of one or more locations, wherein the one or more servers add each audio track being played by at least one playback device that is co-located with the mobile device at the one or more locations to the location-based playlist when the respective audio track is played back such that the location-based playlist defines a playback sequence;

after generating the location-based playlist, causing, via the mobile device, a graphical interface to display, in a media playback application of the media streaming service, a graphical representation of the location-based playlist;

receiving, via the mobile device, an input indicating a selection of the generated location-based playlist;

transmitting, via the network interface of the mobile device over one or more networks to the one or more servers, a request for information associated with audio tracks in the selected location-based playlist;

receiving, via the network interface of the mobile device over the one or more networks from the one or more servers of the media streaming service, the requested information associated with the audio tracks in the selected location-based playlist, the information indicating at least the respective location of the mobile device when each audio track of the location-based playlist was added to the location-based playlist;

causing, via the mobile device, the graphical interface to display the requested information associated with the audio tracks in the location-based playlist; and

playing back the location-based playlist on the mobile device, wherein playing back the location-based playlist on the mobile device comprises streaming the multiple audio tracks from the media streaming service.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein a first audio track of the location-based playlist was added to the location-based playlist by the one or more servers of the media streaming service while (i) the mobile device was co-located with a first playback device at a first location and (ii) the first audio track was playing on the first playback device, and wherein a second audio track of the location-based playlist was added to the location-based playlist by the one or more servers of the media streaming service while (i) the mobile device was co-located with a second playback device at a second location that is different from the first location and (ii) the second audio track was playing on the second playback device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the request for information associated with the audio tracks in the selected location-based playlist comprises:

upon executing the media playback application, transmitting, via the mobile device, the request for the information associated with the audio tracks in in the location-based playlist.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the request for information associated with the audio tracks in the selected location-based playlist comprises:

in response to receiving the input indicating the selection of the generated location-based playlist, transmitting, via the mobile device, the request for the information associated with the audio tracks in the location-based playlist.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing, via the mobile device, at least one audio track identified in the location-based playlist to be added to a playback queue for playback by one or more playback devices, wherein the one or more playback devices are different from the mobile device, the one or more servers, and the at least one playback device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the location-based playlist comprises respective descriptive identifiers of the one or more locations.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a user account of the media streaming service is associated with the media playback application.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a mobile device to cause the mobile device to perform functions comprising:

causing one or more servers of a media streaming service to generate a location-based playlist of multiple audio tracks, wherein causing the one or more servers to generate the location-based playlist comprises sending, via a network interface of the mobile device over one or more networks to the one or more servers, location messages indicating respective GPS coordinates of one or more locations, wherein the one or more servers add each audio track being played by at least one playback device that is co-located with the mobile device at the one or more locations to the location-based playlist when the respective audio track is played back such that the location-based playlist defines a playback sequence;

after generating the location-based playlist, causing a graphical interface to display, in a media playback application of the media streaming service, a graphical representation of the location-based playlist;

receiving an input indicating a selection of the generated location-based playlist;

transmitting, over or more networks to the one or more servers of the media streaming service, a request for information associated with audio tracks in the selected location-based playlist;

receiving, over the one or more networks from the one or more servers, the requested information associated with the audio tracks in the selected location-based playlist, the information indicating at least the respective location of the mobile device when each audio track of the location-based playlist was added to the location-based playlist;

causing the graphical interface to display the requested information associated with the audio tracks in the location-based playlist; and

playing back the location-based playlist on the mobile device, wherein playing back the location-based playlist on the mobile device comprises streaming the multiple audio tracks from the media streaming service.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8,

wherein a first audio track of the location-based playlist was added to the location-based playlist by the one or more servers of the media streaming service while (i) the mobile device was co-located with a first playback device at a first location and (ii) the first audio track was playing on the first playback device, and wherein a second audio track of the location-based playlist was added to the location-based playlist by the one or more servers of the media streaming service while (i) the mobile device was co-located with a second playback device at a second location that is different from the first location and (ii) the second audio track was playing on the second playback device.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein transmitting the request for information associated with the audio tracks in the selected location-based playlist comprises:

upon executing the media playback application, transmitting, via the mobile device, the request for the information associated with the audio tracks in in the location-based playlist.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein transmitting the request for information associated with the audio tracks in the selected location-based playlist comprises:

in response to receiving the input indicating the selection of the generated location-based playlist, transmitting, via the mobile device, the request for the information associated with the audio tracks in the location-based playlist.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the functions further comprise:

causing at least one audio track identified in the location-based playlist to be added to a playback queue for playback by one or more playback devices, wherein the one or more playback devices are different from the mobile device, the one or more servers, and the at least one playback device.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the location-based playlist comprises respective descriptive identifiers of the one or more locations.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein a user account of the media streaming service is associated with the media playback application.

15. A mobile computing device comprising:

a network interface;

a processor; and

memory storing instructions executable by the processor to cause the mobile computing device to perform functions comprising;

causing one or more servers of a media streaming service to generate a location-based playlist of multiple audio tracks, wherein causing the one or more servers to generate the location-based playlist comprises sending, via the network interface over one or more networks to the one or more servers, location messages indicating respective GPS coordinates of one or more locations, wherein the one or more servers add each audio track being played by at least one playback device that is co-located with the mobile computing device at the one or more locations to the location-based playlist when the respective audio track is played back such that the location-based playlist defines a playback sequence;

after generating the location-based playlist, causing a graphical interface to display, in a media playback application of the media streaming service, a graphical representation of the location-based playlist;

receiving an input indicating a selection of the generated location-based playlist;

transmitting, via the network interface over or more networks to the one or more servers of the media streaming service, a request for information associated with audio tracks in the selected location-based playlist;

receiving, via the network interface over the one or more networks from one or more servers, the requested information associated with the audio tracks in the selected location-based playlist, the information indicating at least the respective location of the mobile computing device when each audio track of the location-based playlist was added to the location-based playlist;

causing the graphical interface to display the requested information associated with the audio tracks in the location-based playlist; and

playing back the location-based playlist on the mobile computing device, wherein playing back the location-based playlist on the mobile computing device comprises streaming the multiple audio tracks from the media streaming service.

16. The mobile computing device of claim 15,

wherein a first audio track of the location-based playlist was added to the location-based playlist by the one or more servers of the media streaming service while (i) the mobile computing device was co-located with a first playback device at a first location and (ii) the first audio track was playing on the first playback device, and wherein a second audio track of the location-based playlist was added to the location-based playlist by the one or more servers of the media streaming service while (i) the mobile computing device was co-located with a second playback device at a second location that is different from the first location and (ii) the second audio track was playing on the second playback device.

17. The mobile computing device of claim 15, wherein transmitting the request for information associated with the audio tracks in the selected location-based playlist comprises:

upon executing the media playback application, transmitting, via the mobile computing device, the request for the information associated with the audio tracks in in the location-based playlist.

18. The mobile computing device of claim 15, wherein transmitting the request for information associated with the audio tracks in the selected location-based playlist comprises:

in response to receiving the input indicating the selection of the generated location-based playlist, transmitting, via the mobile computing device, the request for the information associated with the audio tracks in the location-based playlist.

19. The mobile computing device of claim 15, wherein the functions further comprise:

causing at least one audio track identified in the location-based playlist to be added to a playback queue for playback by one or more playback devices, wherein the one or more playback devices are different from the mobile computing device, the one or more servers, and the at least one playback device.

20. The mobile computing device of claim 15, wherein the location-based playlist comprises respective descriptive identifiers of the one or more locations.