Social playback queues

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10866698-B2
Application number	US-201816188186-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 12, 2018
Priority date	Aug 8, 2014
Publication date	Dec 15, 2020
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020

Abstract

An example method involves monitoring, by a computing device, a communications feed for an indication of media and detecting, in the communications feed, the indication of the media. The method may further involve identifying at least one media item corresponding to the indication of the media and causing a playback queue of a media playback system to include one or more of the identified at least one media item.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method implemented by a first computing device associated with a media playback system, the method comprising:
accessing a communications feed maintained by a second computing device such that communications directed to the communications feed are stored in memory at the second computing device, wherein accessing the communications feed comprises accessing the stored communications;
detecting, in the communications feed, a first communication comprising a first indication of media content, wherein the first communication originated from a source associated with a second user profile of the communications feed;
based on detecting the first communication, sending, via a first user profile of the communications feed that is associated with the media playback system, to the second computing device, a second communication comprising a second indication of the media content and a first indication of a command to update a playback queue of the media playback system;
after sending the second communication, detecting, in the communications feed, a third communication comprising a second indication of the command, wherein the third communication originated from the source associated with the second user profile of the communications feed; and
based on detecting the third communication, updating the playback queue of the media playback system according to the command.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the command to update the playback queue of the media playback system comprises adding a media item corresponding to the indication of the media content to the playback queue.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the command to update the playback queue of the media playback system comprises removing a media item corresponding to the indication of the media content from the playback queue.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a predetermined time period for accessing the communications feed, wherein accessing the communications feed comprises accessing the communications feed at a regular time interval during the predetermined time period.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
after updating the playback queue of the media playback system according to the command, sending, to the second computing device, a fourth communication comprising an indication that the playback queue of the media playback system was updated.

6. A first computing device associated with a media playback system, the first computing device comprising:
a processor; and
memory having stored thereon instructions executable by the processor to cause the first computing device to perform functions comprising:
accessing a communications feed maintained by a second computing device such that communications directed to the communications feed are stored in memory at the second computing device, wherein accessing the communications feed comprises accessing the stored communications;
detecting, in the communications feed, a first communication comprising a first indication of media content, wherein the first communication originated from a source associated with a second user profile of the communications feed;
based on detecting the first communication, sending, via a first user profile of the communications feed that is associated with the media playback system, to the second computing device, a second communication comprising a second indication of the media content and a first indication of a command to update a playback queue of the media playback system;
after sending the second communication, detecting, in the communications feed, a third communication comprising a second indication of the command wherein the third communication originated from the source associated with the second user profile of the communications feed; and
based on detecting the third communication, updating the playback queue of the media playback system according to the command.

7. The first computing device of claim 6 , wherein the command to update the playback queue of the media playback system comprises adding a media item corresponding to the indication of the media content to the playback queue.

8. The first computing device of claim 6 , wherein the command to update the playback queue of the media playback system comprises removing a media item corresponding to the indication of the media content from the playback queue.

9. The first computing device of claim 6 , wherein the functions further comprise:
determining a predetermined time period for accessing the communications feed, wherein accessing the communications feed comprises accessing the communications feed at a regular time interval during the predetermined time period.

10. The first computing device of claim 6 , wherein the functions further comprise:
after updating the playback queue of the media playback system according to the command, sending, to the second computing device, a fourth communication comprising an indication that the playback queue of the media playback system was updated.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a first computing device associated with a media playback system to perform functions comprising:
accessing, a communications feed maintained by a second computing device such that communications directed to the communications feed are stored in memory at the second computing device, wherein accessing the communications feed comprises accessing the stored communications;
detecting, in the communications feed, a first communication comprising a first indication of media content, wherein the first communication originated from a source associated with a second user profile of the communications feed;
based on detecting the first communication, sending, via a first user profile of the communications feed that is associated with the media playback system, to the second computing device, a second communication comprising a second indication of the media content and a first indication of a command to update a playback queue of the media playback system;
after sending the second communication, detecting, in the communications feed, a third communication comprising a second indication of the command wherein the third communication originated from the source associated with the second user profile of the communications feed; and
based on detecting the third communication, updating the playback queue of the media playback system according to the command.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the command to update the playback queue of the media playback system comprises adding a media item corresponding to the indication of the media content to the playback queue.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the functions further comprise:
determining a predetermined time period for accessing the communications feed, wherein accessing the communications feed comprises accessing the communications feed at a regular time interval during the predetermined time period.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the functions further comprise:
after updating the playback queue of the media playback system according to the command, sending, to the second computing device, a fourth communication comprising an indication that the playback queue of the media playback system was updated.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first communication comprising the first indication of the media content further comprises an indication of the second user profile of the communications feed.

16. The meth

Assignees

• Sonos Inc

Inventors

• Clayton Eric
• Valente Danny

Classifications

• G06F3/165 Primary

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