Streaming music using supported services

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12379893-B2
Application number	US-202418667372-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 17, 2024
Priority date	Jun 27, 2014
Publication date	Aug 5, 2025
Grant date	Aug 5, 2025

Abstract

An example technique includes a computing system storing media item identifiers of curated media items associated with one or more service providers. A media curating service aggregates the media item identifiers of curated media items. The example technique further involves receiving, from a media playback system, a first message comprising a service provider access identifier. The service provider access identifier is based on a user account of the media playback system registered to at least one service provider. Based on receiving the first message, the computing system determines media item identifiers of curated media items that are associated with the at least one service provider with which the user account of the media playback system is registered and causes the media playback system to play back the curated media items based on the determined media item identifiers of the curated media items.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computing system of a media curation service comprising:
at least one network interface;
at least one processor; and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
cause, via the at least one network interface, display of a graphical user interface on a computing device, the graphical user interface comprising multiple selectable graphical representations corresponding to respective streaming audio services that are different from the media curation service, wherein, when selected, each selected graphical representation causes playback of a curated playlist of audio tracks from a respective streaming audio service, wherein the media curation service created the curated playlist, and wherein the multiple selectable graphical representations comprise (i) a first selectable graphical representation corresponding to a first streaming audio service and (ii) a second selectable graphical representation corresponding to a second streaming audio service;
receive, via the at least one network interface, data representing selection of the first selectable graphical representation; and
based on receipt of the data representing the selection of the first selectable graphical representation, cause, via the at least one network interface, playback of the curated playlist on at least one playback device using audio tracks from the first streaming audio service.

2. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to cause playback of the curated playlist on the at least one playback device from the first streaming audio service comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
send, via the at least one network interface, instructions to queue identifiers representing respective sources of the audio tracks at one or more servers of the first streaming audio service in a playback queue of the at least one playback device, wherein the at least one playback device streams the audio tracks from the respective sources during playback of the curated playlist from the playback queue.

3. The computing system of claim 2 , wherein the identifiers representing respective sources of the audio tracks comprise respective uniform resource indicators representing the respective sources of the audio tracks at the one or more servers of the first streaming audio service.

4. The computing system of claim 2 , wherein the at least one playback device comprises a first playback device that comprises a representation of the playback queue and a second playback device, and wherein the first playback device and the second playback device are configured to play back the playback queue in synchrony.

5. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to:
cause, via the at least one network interface, display of selectable controls corresponding to respective playback devices of a media playback system, wherein the playback devices of the media playback system are connected to a local area network, and wherein the computing system is not on the local area network; and
receive, via the network interface, data representing selection of a particular selectable control corresponding to the at least one playback device.

6. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to:
receive, via the network interface, data representing selection of the second selectable graphical representation; and
based on receipt of the data representing the selection of the second selectable graphical representation, cause, via the at least one network interface, playback of the curated playlist on at least one additional playback device using audio tracks from the second streaming audio service.

7. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to:
cause, via the at least one network interface, display of an additional graphical representation on the graphical user interface, wherein, when selected, the additional graphical representation causes playback of the curated playlist of audio tracks on the computing device from an additional streaming audio service.

8. The computing system of claim 7 , wherein the media curation service comprises the additional streaming audio service.

9. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by at least one processor such that a computing system is configured to:
cause, via at least one network interface, display of a graphical user interface on a computing device, the graphical user interface comprising multiple selectable graphical representations corresponding to respective streaming audio services that are different from a media curation service that created a curated playlist, wherein, when selected, each selected graphical representation causes playback of the curated playlist of audio tracks from a respective streaming audio service, and wherein the multiple selectable graphical representations comprise (i) a first selectable graphical representation corresponding to a first streaming audio service and (ii) a second selectable graphical representation corresponding to a second streaming audio service;
receive, via the at least one network interface, data representing selection of the first selectable graphical representation; and
based on receipt of the data representing the selection of the first selectable graphical representation, cause, via the at least one network interface, playback of the curated playlist on at least one playback device using audio tracks from the first streaming audio service.

10. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to cause playback of the curated playlist on the at least one playback device from the first streaming audio service comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
send, via the at least one network interface, instructions to queue identifiers representing respective sources of the audio tracks at one or more servers of the first streaming audio service in a playback queue of the at least one playback device, wherein the at least one playback device streams the audio tracks from the respective sources during playback of the curated playlist from the playback queue.

11. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the identifiers representing respective sources of the audio tracks comprise respective uniform resource indicators representing the respective sources of the audio tracks at the one or more servers of the first streaming audio service.

12. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the at least one playback device comprises a first playback device that comprises a representation of the

Assignees

• Sonos Inc

Inventors

• Kuper Ron

Classifications

• G06F16/639

  using playlists · CPC title

• G06F16/61

  Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures · CPC title

• G06F16/60

  of audio data · CPC title

• G06F3/165 Primary

  Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path · CPC title