Generating and distributing a replacement playlist
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a client device, a message specifying that a timer has been activated with a target duration, wherein the client device is playing out a current audio file of a first playlist, wherein the first playlist contains references to a first plurality of audio files, and wherein playout of the first plurality of audio files has a first duration;
transmitting, by the client device and to a server device, an indication that the timer has been activated with the target duration;
receiving, by the client device and from the server device, a second playlist containing references to a second plurality of audio files, wherein playout of the second plurality of audio files has a second duration that is;
less than the first duration and within a threshold duration of the target duration; and
causing, by the client device, an audio player to, after playout of the current audio file completes, stop playing out audio files from the first plurality of audio files and retrieve and play out the second plurality of audio files.
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Abstract
An embodiment may involve a server device transmitting, over a wide area network, a first playlist with a first duration to a client device. Possibly while the client device is playing out a current audio file of a first plurality of audio files in the playlist, the server device may receive an instruction from the client device and generate a second playlist. The second playlist may include references to a second plurality of audio files, where playout of the second plurality of audio files may have a duration that is less than the duration of the playout of the first plurality of audio files. The server device may transmit, over the wide area network, the second playlist to the client device. Reception of the second playlist at the client device may cause the audio player application to retrieve and play out the second plurality of audio files.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a client device, a message specifying that a timer has been activated with a target duration, wherein the client device is playing out a current audio file of a first playlist, wherein the first playlist contains references to a first plurality of audio files, and wherein playout of the first plurality of audio files has a first duration; transmitting, by the client device and to a server device, an indication that the timer has been activated with the target duration; receiving, by the client device and from the server device, a second playlist containing references to a second plurality of audio files, wherein playout of the second plurality of audio files has a second duration that is;
less than the first duration and within a threshold duration of the target duration; andcausing, by the client device, an audio player to, after playout of the current audio file completes, stop playing out audio files from the first plurality of audio files and retrieve and play out the second plurality of audio files. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer -readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by a client device, cause the client device to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a message specifying that a timer has been activated with a target duration, wherein the client device is playing out a current audio file of a first playlist, wherein the first playlist contains references to a first plurality of audio files, and wherein playout of the first plurality of audio files has a first duration; transmitting, to a server device, an indication that the timer has been activated with the target duration; receiving, from the server device, a second playlist containing references to a second plurality of audio files, wherein playout of the second plurality of audio files has a second duration that is;
less than the first duration and within a threshold duration of the target duration; andcausing an audio player to, after playout of the current audio file completes, stop playing out audio files from the first plurality of audio files and retrieve and play out the second plurality of audio files. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A client device comprising:
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a processor; memory; and program instructions, stored in the memory, that upon execution by the processor cause the client device to perform operations comprising; receiving a message specifying that a timer has been activated with a target duration, wherein the client device is playing out a current audio file of a first playlist, wherein the first playlist contains references to a first plurality of audio files, and wherein playout of the first plurality of audio files has a first duration; transmitting, to a server device, an indication that the timer has been activated with the target duration; receiving, from the server device, a second playlist containing references to a second plurality of audio files, wherein playout of the second plurality of audio files has a second duration that is;
less than the first duration and within a threshold duration of the target duration; andcausing an audio player to, after playout of the current audio file completes, stop playing out audio files from the first plurality of audio files and retrieve and play out the second plurality of audio files.
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