Playback Updates

• US 20160088036A1
• Filed: 09/24/2014
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Inventors: Corbin, Keith, Kumar, Abhishek, Kuper, Ron, Ramsperger, Gregory Paul, Sarkic, Andrej
• Granted Patent: US 10,645,130 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0263 based upon Internet or website rating
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/61 for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
• 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 67/306 User profiles
• 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 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format

Abstract

Embodiments are described herein that involve receiving, by a social-media computing system from a media playback system, playback data indicating media that is being played back by the media playback system, where the playback data comprises an indication of at least one zone of the media playback system in which the media is being played back; and based on the received playback data, updating social-media data in a social-media account, where the updated social-media data comprises an indication of the at least one zone in which the media is currently being played back.

Claims

1. A social-media computing system comprising:

a processor;

a network interface;

a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and

program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium that, when executed by the processor, cause the social-media computing system to;

receive playback data indicating media that is being played back by a media playback system, wherein the playback data comprises an indication of at least one zone of the media playback system in which the media is being played back; and

based on the received playback data, generate a playback message in a social-media account, wherein the playback message comprises an indication of the at least one zone in which the media is currently being played back.

2. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the program instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the social-media computing system to:

based on the received playback data indicating the media, determine one or more advertisements relevant to the social-media account; and

transmit, to a computing device affiliated with the social-media account, the one or more advertisements to facilitate displaying the advertisement on a visual representation of the social-media account.

3. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the media is a first media, and wherein the program instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the social-media computing system to:

receive second playback data indicating second media that is being played back by the media playback system, wherein the second playback data comprises an indication of at least one zone of the media playback system in which the second media is being played back; and

based on the received second playback data, update the playback message in the social-media account.

4. The social-media computing system of claim 3, wherein updating the playback message in the social-media account comprises replacing the indication of the at least one zone in which the first media is currently being played back with an updated indication of the at least one zone in which the second media is currently being played back.

5. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the social-media account is linked to the media playback system.

6. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the playback data comprises a timestamp corresponding to the played back media, and wherein the playback message in the social-media account further comprises an indication of the timestamp.

7. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the social-media account comprises a subscriber profile, and wherein the program instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the social-media computing system to:

based on the received playback data, update the subscriber profile; and

provide data representing the updated subscriber profile to facilitate displaying a visual representation of the subscriber profile.

8. The social-media computing system of claim 7, wherein updating the subscriber profile comprises updating a profile picture.

9. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the playback message further comprises an identification of the media that is currently being played back.

10. The social-media computing system of claim 1, wherein the playback message further comprises an indication of a playback queue associated with the at least one zone.

11. The social-media computing system of claim 10, wherein the indication of the playback queue associated with the at least one zone comprises identification of at least one media item from the playback queue.

12. The social-media computing system of claim 10, wherein the at least one media item from the playback queue comprises one of a media item that has yet to be played back or a media item that has previously been played back.

13. The social-media computing system of claim 10, wherein the social-media account is linked with the media playback system, and wherein the indication of the playback queue associated with the at least one zone comprises an indication of a social-media playback queue corresponding to the social-media account.

14. The social-media computing system of claim 13, wherein the indication of the social-media playback queue comprises a selectable link operable to direct a computing device to the social-media playback queue.

15. A social-media computing system comprising:

a processor;

a network interface;

a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and

program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium that, when executed by the processor, cause the social-media computing system to;

receive playback data indicating media that is being played back by a media playback system that is linked to a social-media account, wherein the playback data comprises an indication of at least one zone of the media playback system in which the media is being played back;

based on the received playback data indicating the media, determine one or more advertisements relevant to the social-media account; and

transmit, to a computing device affiliated with the social-media account, the one or more advertisements to facilitate displaying the one or more advertisements on a visual representation of the social-media account.

16. The social-media computing system of claim 15, wherein determining the one or more advertisements is further based on the indication of the at least one zone.

17. The social-media computing system of claim 15, wherein determining the one or more advertisements is further based on a previously received playback data comprising a previous indication of at least one zone of the media playback system in which media was previously played back.

18. The social-media computing system of claim 17, wherein determining the one or more advertisements is further based on the previous indication of the at least one zone in which media was previously played back.

19. The social-media computing system of claim 15, wherein the playback data comprises a timestamp corresponding to the played back media, and wherein determining the one or more advertisements is further based on the timestamp.

20. A method comprising:

receiving, by a social-media computing system from a media playback system, playback data indicating media that is being played back by the media playback system, wherein the playback data comprises an indication of at least one zone of the media playback system in which the media is being played back; and

based on the received playback data, updating social-media data in a social-media account, wherein the updated social-media data comprises an indication of the at least one zone in which the media is currently being played back.