Display and control of pre-determined audio content playback

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9779613-B2
Application number	US-201414321024-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2014
Priority date	Jul 1, 2014
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

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:
at a predetermined duration of time prior to a predetermined time, receiving, by a first network device from a media playback system, data indicating that playback of particular audio content is scheduled to begin at the predetermined time by one or more playback devices in a playback zone of the media playback system, wherein the at least one of the one or more playback devices in the playback zone is a group coordinator of the playback zone, and wherein prior to the first network device receiving the data, the media playback system received from a second network device, a message indicating (i) the particular audio content, (ii) the playback zone, and (iii) the predetermined time;
based on the received data, causing, by the first network device, a graphical display to display an indication of a control element for unlocking the first network device;
receiving a selection of the control element for unlocking the first network device; and
based on the selection of the control element for unlocking the first network device, causing the graphical display to display an indication of: (i) the playback of the particular audio content at the predetermined time, (ii) the playback zone, and (iii) a control element for deactivating the playback of the particular audio content before playback of the particular audio content at the predetermined time begins in the playback zone.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein causing, by the first network device, the graphical display to display the indication of (i) the playback of the particular audio content at the predetermined time, (ii) the playback zone, and (iii) the control element for deactivating the playback of the particular audio content before playback of the particular audio content at the predetermined time begins in the playback zone comprises:
executing, by the first network device, a controller interface for controlling the media playback system.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprises:
after causing the graphical display to display the indication of the control element for deactivating the playback of the particular audio content at the predetermined time and before the predetermined time, receiving via the first network device, an input indicating a selection of the control element for deactivating the playback of audio content at the predetermined time; and
based on the input and prior to the predetermined time, sending to the at least one of the one or more playback devices in the playback zone, a command to deactivate the playback of audio content at the predetermined time.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data indicating the playback of the particular audio content at the predetermined time further comprises time information corresponding to the one or more playback devices in the playback zone, and wherein causing the graphical display to display the indication of (i) the playback of the particular audio content at the predetermined time, (ii) the playback zone, and (iii) the control element for deactivating the playback of the particular audio content at the predetermined time is based on (a) the time information associated with the playback zone and (b) a time of the first network device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
before receiving the data indicating the playback of the particular audio content at the predetermined time, sending, by the first network device to a playback device in the playback zone, an indication that the first network device is subscribed to receive data indicating predetermined playbacks of audio content corresponding to the playback zone.

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

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the playback of the particular audio content at the predetermined time is a first playback of the particular audio content at a first predetermined time, the method further comprising:
receiving, by the second network device, data indicating a second playback of audio content at a second predetermined time by one or more playback devices in a second playback zone of the media playback system; and
based on the received data indicating the second playback of audio content at the second predetermined time by the one or more playback devices of the second playback zone, causing, by the second network device, a graphical display of the second network device to display an indication of (i) the second playback of audio content at the second predetermined time, (ii) the second playback zone, and (iii) a control element for deactivating the second playback of audio content at the second predetermined time.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphical display is a first graphical display, the method further comprising:
receiving, by the second network device, the data indicating the playback of the particular audio content at the predetermined time; and
based on the received data indicating the playback of the particular audio content at the predetermined time, causing, by the second network device, a second graphical display to display an indication of (i) the playback of the particular audio content at the predetermined time, (ii) the playback zone, and (iii) a control element for deactivating the playback of the particular audio content at the predetermined time.

9. A first device comprising:
one or more processors; and
tangible, non-transitory computer-readable memory having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first device to perform functions comprising:
at a predetermined duration of time prior to a predetermined time, receiving from a media playback system, data indicating that playback of particular audio content is scheduled to begin at the predetermined time by one or more playback devices in a playback zone of the media playback system, wherein the at least one of the one or more playback devices in the playback zone is a group coordinator of the playback zone, and wherein prior to the first device receiving the data, the media playback system received from a second device, a message indicating (i) the particular audio content, (ii) the playback zone, and (iii) the predetermined time;
based on the received data, causing a graphical display to display an indication of a control element for unlocking the first device;
receiving a selection of the control element for unlocking the first device; and
based on the selection of the control element for unlocking the first device, causing the graphical display to display an indication of: (i) the playback of the particular audio content at the predetermined time, (ii) the playback zone, and (iii) a control element for deactivating the playback of the particular audio content before playback of the particular audio content at the predetermined tim

Assignees

• Sonos Inc

Inventors

• Bates Paul Andrew

Classifications

• H04N21/43615

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