Adding to a remote playlist

• US 9,788,083 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2016
• Issued: 10/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Inventors: Triplett, Mark, Lang, Jonathan P., Gossain, Hrishikesh
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhang, Leshui
• Application Number:
  US15/131,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20160316278A1
• Time in Patent Office: 540 Days
• Field of Search: 455 201, 455 301, 455 303, 455 304, 455 305, 455 306, 381 77, 381 80, 381 81, 381 82, 381 86, 381 92, 381 26, 381122, 381119, 381332, 381334, 381306, 381302, 381303, 381311, 381 56, 381 61, 381124, 707769, 707E17014, 725 44- 46, 700 94, 709238
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/635 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/683 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/233 Processing of audio elementary streams monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• 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 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4227 Providing Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work
• 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 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing 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 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; 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 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/632 using a connection between clients on a wide area network, e.g. setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet for retrieving video segments from the hard-disk of other client devices broadcast-related systems characterised by transmission among terminal devices H04H60/80; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8352 involving content or source identification data, e.g. Unique Material Identifier [UMID]

Abstract

Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to facilitate discovery and remote configuration of content for playback via a multimedia playback network are disclosed. An example method includes facilitating identification of multimedia content being played, the identification including at least one of a content identifier associated with the content and the content itself. An example method includes relaying at least one of the content identifier and the content to a playback system located remotely from a location of the multimedia content playback, at least one of the content identifier and the content remotely added for playback at the playback system.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, via a computing device, input comprising a single button-press action on a user interface of the computing device;

in response to receiving the single button-press action, causing, via the computing device, (i) identification of a media item that is currently being played by one or more playback devices at a location while the computing device is physically located at the location and (ii) an identifier of the media item to be added to a playlist stored on a network device remote from the computing device, wherein causing the identifier of the media item to be added to the playlist comprises;

determining that the playlist stored on the network device remote from the computing device is not reachable by the computing device;

in response to determining that the playlist is not reachable by the computing device, storing, in a memory of the computing device, the identifier of the media item to be added to the playlist;

after storing, in the memory of the computing device, the identifier of the media item to be added to the playlist, determining that the playlist is reachable by the computing device; and

in response to determining that the playlist is reachable by the computing device, transmitting, to the network device, the identifier of the media item and an instruction to add the identifier of the media item to the playlist stored on the network device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, via the computing device, that the computing device is enabled to access media content from a content provider, and

wherein causing identification of the media item that is currently being played by the one or more playback devices at the location while the computing device is physically located at the location comprises receiving a content identifier specific to the content provider for the media item that is currently being played back by the one or more playback devices at the location.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the identifier of the media item comprises a content identifier specific to the content provider for the media item, and

wherein causing the media item to be added to the playlist comprises:

based on the content identifier specific to the content provider for the media item, causing the media item to be added to the playlist stored on the network device remote from the computing device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the identifier of the media item comprises a content identifier specific to the content provider for the media item, and

wherein transmitting, to the network device, the identifier of the media item and an instruction to add the identifier of the media item to the playlist stored on the network device comprises:

transmitting, via the computing device over one or more networks to the network device, an instruction to add to the playlist the media item identified by the content identifier specific to the content provider for the media item.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, via the computing device, that the computing device is authorized to manipulate the playlist.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the media item is a song and the identifier of the media item comprises a song name.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

causing, via the computing device, the user interface to display an option that is single button-press selectable to cause the song to be added to the playlist stored on the network device remote from the computing device.

8. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:

receiving input comprising a single button-press action on a user interface of the computing device;

in response to receiving the single button-press action, causing (i) identification of a media item that is currently being played by one or more playback devices at a location while the computing device is physically located at the location and (ii) an identifier of the media item to be added to a playlist stored on a network device remote from the computing device, wherein causing the identifier of the media item to be added to the playlist comprises;

determining that the playlist stored on the network device remote from the computing device is not reachable by the computing device;

in response to determining that the playlist is not reachable by the computing device, storing, in a memory of the computing device, the identifier of the media item to be added to the playlist;

after storing, in the memory of the computing device, the identifier of the media item to be added to the playlist, determining that the playlist is reachable by the computing device; and

in response to determining that the playlist is reachable by the computing device, transmitting, to the network device, the identifier of the media item and an instruction to add the identifier of the media item to the playlist stored on the network device.

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

determining that the computing device is enabled to access media content from a content provider, and

wherein causing identification of the media item that is currently being played by the one or more playback devices at the location while the computing device is physically located at the location comprises receiving a content identifier specific to the content provider for the media item that is currently being played back by the one or more playback devices at the location.

10. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the identifier of the media item comprises a content identifier specific to the content provider for the media item, and

wherein causing the media item to be added to the playlist comprises:

based on the content identifier specific to the content provider for the media item, causing the media item to be added to the playlist stored on the network device remote from the computing device.

11. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the identifier of the media item comprises a content identifier specific to the content provider for the media item, and

wherein transmitting, to the network device, the identifier of the media item and an instruction to add the identifier of the media item to the playlist stored on the network device comprises:

transmitting, via the computing device over one or more networks to the network device, an instruction to add to the playlist the media item identified by the content identifier specific to the content provider for the media item.

12. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the functions further comprise:

determining that the computing device is authorized to manipulate the playlist.

13. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the media item is a song and the identifier of the media item comprises a song name.

14. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, further comprising:

causing the user interface to display an option that is single button-press selectable to cause the song to be added to the playlist stored on the network device remote from the computing device.

15. A computing device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

tangible, non-transitory computer-readable memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to perform functions comprising;

receiving input comprising a single button-press action on a user interface of the computing device;

in response to receiving the single button-press action, causing (i) identification of a media item that is currently being played by one or more playback devices at a location while the computing device is physically located at the location and (ii) an identifier of the media item to be added to a playlist stored on a network device remote from the computing device, wherein causing the identifier of the media item to be added to the playlist comprises;

determining that the playlist stored on the network device remote from the computing device is not reachable by the computing device;

in response to determining that the playlist is not reachable by the computing device, storing, in a memory of the computing device, the identifier of the media item to be added to the playlist;

after storing, in the memory of the computing device, the identifier of the media item to be added to the playlist, determining that the playlist is reachable by the computing device; and

in response to determining that the playlist is reachable by the computing device, transmitting, to the network device, the identifier of the media item and an instruction to add the identifier of the media item to the playlist stored on the network device.

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

determining that the computing device is enabled to access media content from a content provider, and

wherein causing identification of the media item that is currently being played by the one or more playback devices at the location while the computing device is physically located at the location comprises receiving a content identifier specific to the content provider for the media item that is currently being played back by the one or more playback devices at the location.

17. The computing device of claim 16, wherein the identifier of the media item comprises a content identifier specific to the content provider for the media item, and

wherein causing the media item to be added to the playlist comprises:

based on the content identifier specific to the content provider for the media item, causing the media item to be added to the playlist stored on the network device remote from the computing device.

18. The computing device of claim 16, wherein the identifier of the media item comprises a content identifier specific to the content provider for the media item, and

wherein transmitting, to the network device, the identifier of the media item and an instruction to add the identifier of the media item to the playlist stored on the network device comprises:

transmitting, via the computing device over one or more networks to the network device, an instruction to add to the playlist the media item identified by the content identifier specific to the content provider for the media item.

19. The computing device of claim 16, wherein the functions further comprise:

determining that the computing device is authorized to manipulate the playlist.

20. The computing device of claim 15, wherein the media item is a song and the identifier of the media item comprises a song name, and

wherein the functions further comprise:

causing the user interface to display an option that is single button-press selectable to cause the song to be added to the playlist stored on the network device remote from the computing device.