Alarm

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016005302-A1
Application number	US-201414321024-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 1, 2014
Priority date	Jul 1, 2014
Publication date	Jan 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Embodiments are provided for displaying on a network device graphical display, an indication of an alarm, a media playback system playback zone associated with the alarm, and a control element for deactivating the alarm. The indication may be displayed in response to the network device receiving data indicating that the alarm is going off or is about to go off in the playback zone. A selection of the control element for deactivating the alarm may prompt a controller interface of the media playback system to be displayed on the graphical display, and the alarm may be deactivated via the controller interface. Alternatively, the selection of the control element may cause the alarm to be deactivated without displaying the controller interface. To deactivate the alarm, the network device may send to one or more playback devices in the playback zone, a transmission indicating that the alarm is to be deactivated.

First claim

I claim:

1 . A method comprising:
receiving, by a network device, data indicating an alarm associated with at least one playback zone of a media playback system; and based on the received data indicating the alarm, causing, by the network device, a graphical display to display an indication of (i) the alarm, (ii) the at least one playback zone, and (iii) a control element for deactivating the alarm.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
after receiving the data indicating the alarm, causing, by the network device, the graphical display to display an indication of a control element for unlocking the network device; and based on a selection of the control element for unlocking the network device, causing, by the network device, the graphical display to display the indication of (i) the alarm, (ii) the at least one playback zone, and (iii) the control element for deactivating the alarm.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein causing, by the network device, the graphical display to display the indication of (i) the alarm, (ii) the at least one playback zone, and (iii) the control element for deactivating the alarm comprises:
executing, by the network device, a controller interface for controlling the media playback system.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
receiving via the network device, a selection of the control element for deactivating the alarm; and based on the selection of the control element for deactivating the alarm, sending to a playback device that is part of the at least one playback zone, a command to deactivate the alarm.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the playback device that is part of the at least one playback zone is a group coordinator of the at least one playback zone.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the data indicating the alarm further comprises time information associated with the at least one playback zone, and wherein causing the graphical display to display the indication of (i) the alarm, (ii) the at least one playback zone, and (iii) the control element for deactivating the alarm is further based on (a) the time information associated with the at least one playback zone and (b) a time of the network device.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the data indicating the alarm comprises receiving the data indicating the alarm at least a predetermined amount of time before a time that the alarm is set to begin.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
before receiving the data indicating the alarm, sending, by the network device to a playback device in the at least one playback zone, an indication that the network device is subscribed to receive alarms associated with the at least one playback zone.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
prior to receiving the data indicating the alarm, sending, by the network device, to a playback device in the at least one playback zone, data to set up the alarm.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein causing the graphical display to display the indication of (i) the alarm, (ii) the at least one playback zone, and (iii) the control element for deactivating the alarm comprises causing the graphical display to display the indication of (i) the alarm, (ii) the at least one playback zone, and (iii) the control element for deactivating the alarm a predetermined amount of time before a time that the alarm is set to begin.

11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
prior to causing the graphical display to display an indication of (i) the alarm, (ii) the at least one playback zone, and (iii) the control element for deactivating the alarm, determining, by the network device, based on the received data indicating the alarm, that the alarm is associated with the at least one playback zone.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one playback zone is a first at least one playback zone, and wherein the alarm associated with the first at least one playback zone is a first alarm, the method further comprising:
receiving, by the network device, data indicating a second alarm associated with a second at least one playback zone of the media playback system; and based on the received data indicating the second alarm, causing, by the network device, the graphical display to display an indication of (i) the second alarm, (ii) the second at least one playback zone, and (iii) a control element for deactivating the second alarm.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the network device is a first network device, wherein the at least one playback zone is a first at least one playback zone, and wherein the alarm associated with the first at least one playback zone is a first alarm, the method further comprising:
receiving, by a second network device, data indicating a second alarm associated with a second at least one playback zone of the media playback system; and based on the received data indicating the second alarm, causing, by the second network device, a graphical display of the second network device to display an indication of (i) the second alarm, (ii) the second at least one playback zone, and (iii) a control element for deactivating the second alarm.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the network device is a first network device, and wherein the graphical display is a first graphical display, the method further comprising:
receiving, by a second network device, data indicating the alarm associated with the at least one playback zone of the media playback system; and based on the received data indicating the alarm, causing, by the second network device, a second graphical display to display an indication of (i) the alarm, (ii) the at least one playback zone, and (iii) a control element for deactivating the second alarm.

15 . A device comprising:
a processor; and memory having stored thereon instructions executable by the processor to cause the device to perform functions comprising:
receiving data indicating an alarm associated with at least one playback zone of a media playback system; and
based on the received data indicating the alarm, causing a graphical display to display an indication of (i) the alarm, (ii) the at least one playback zone, and (iii) a control element for deactivating the alarm.

16 . The device of claim 15 , wherein the functions further comprise:
prior to causing the graphical display to display the indication of the control element for deactivating the alarm and after receiving the data indicating the alarm, causing the graphical display to display an indication of a control element for unlocking the network device; and receiving a selection of the control element for unlocking the network device, wherein causing the graphical display to display the indication of the control element for deactivating the alarm is further based on the selection of the control element for unlocking the network device.

17 . The device of claim 15 , wherein the functions further comprise:
based on the received data indicating the alarm, executing a controller interface for controlling the media playback system.

18 . A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:
receiving data indicating an alarm associated with at least one playback zone of a media playback system; and based on the received data indicating the alarm, causing a graphical display to display an indication of (i) the alarm, (ii) the at least one playback zone, and (iii) a control element for d

Assignees

• Sonos Inc

Inventors

• Bates Paul Andrew

Classifications

• H04N21/43615

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