Apple Inc.

Gregory R Chapman

Thomas M Alsina

Anthony Joseph Guetta

Deepak R Iyer

Patrick L Coffman

James David Batson

Jonathan Anderson Bennett

Edward T Schmidt

Andrew E Rostaing

Aram M Lindahl

Eric Joseph Johnson

John Samuel Bushell

Nicholas James Paulson

Johannes P Schmidt

Andrew M Wadycki

David Chance Graham

Richard Michael Powell

Christopher L Flick

Chanaka G Karunamuni

Jeffrey L Robbin

Taylor Gerard Carrigan

Ronald Keryuan Huang

William Martin Bachman

Gregory B Novick

Stephen Olivier Lemay

Yong Liu

Scott James Forstall

William George Stewart

James Alexander Howard

Chendi Zhang

Craig Michael Federighi

Su Khiong Yong

Guoqing Li

Christiaan A Hartman

Sriram Hariharan

Christopher John Sanders

Roger N Pantos

Cahya Adiansyah Masputra

Sean Anthony Ramprashad

John Joseph Iarocci

Gordon J Freedman

Chiu Ngok E Wong

Arvind S Shenoy

Richard Warren Schreyer

Vijay Sundaram

Langford M Wasada

William M Bumgarner

Neil Gareth Crane

Meriko Borogove

Steve Saro Gedikian

Damien Pascal Sorresso

David P Saracino

Elena Leyfman

Astrid Yi

Adam A Sonnanstine

Eric S Lee

Shreyas Nandagudi Sreesha

Aparna S Akella

Szu-Wen Huang

Joel M Lopes Da Silva

Steven P Bischoff

Vikrant Kasarabada

Gennadiy Shekhtman

Jason P Ketterman

George E Williams

Henry Graham Mason

Lucia Elena Ballard

Charles Magahern

Bradley Ford

Walker J Eagleston

James C Dovey

Douglas S Wyatt

Andre M Boule

Darren S Litzinger

Christopher Marcellino

Curtis Rothert

Zhenheng Li

Michael Van Milligan

Charles Srisuwananukorn

Hugh W Johnson

Simon Goldrei

David B Myszewski

Nicolas Moss

Jarrad A Stallone

Mohammad A Shah

Eric Johnson

Daniel H Lloyd

Prashant Nandakumar

Eric San Fung Lee

Eric Albert

David William Goodwin

Joseph Sokol

Matthew G Waston

Thomas Brogan Duffy

One embodiment provides for a media playback device comprising a memory device to store instructions; one or more processors to execute the instructions stored on the memory device, the instructions to cause the one or more processors to provide a playback queue manager to manage one or more media playback queues including a set of media items associated with a scheduled event and a playback routing manager to determine an output destination for the set of media items based on context associated with the scheduled event, the playback routing manager to route output of playback of the set of media items to one or more of multiple different connected media playback devices based on the context associated with the scheduled event.

Alarms for a system of smart media playback devices

In some implementations a system can be configured to reduce the burden of pairing user devices with playback devices. For example, all users (or user devices) who commonly operate within a particular environment (e.g., a home) can be configured as authorized users of playback devices within the particular environment. When one of the authorized users pairs a user device with a playback device, all of the user devices for all authorized users can be automatically paired with the playback device as a result of the single pairing. Thus, only a single authorized user is burdened with the pairing process in order to pair all authorized users with the playback device.

Pairing devices by proxy

Controlling the output of audio based on the mode of an electronic device having a sound mode, silent mode, and mute mode, along different audio output routes. In the sound mode, all audio can be output, while only registered or authorized audio can be output in the silent mode. In the mute mode, no audio can be output. The sound and silent modes can be enabled using an interface of the device, while the mute mode can be enabled using an accessory coupled to the device. To disengage the mute mode, a user can provide a corresponding instruction using the accessory or providing an instruction on the device related to volume control. Other aspects are also described and claimed.

Interaction of sound, silent and mute modes in an electronic device

In some implementations, a first device can record a display screen of a second device remotely. For example, the first device (e.g., a remote computing device) can receive information identifying other computing devices on a network. The first device can receive a selection of one of the other computing devices (e.g., the second device) and send a message to the second device to initiate a recording of the display screen of the second device. In response to receiving the message, the second device can record video frames of images presented on the display of the second device. The second device can send the video frames to the first device for display and/or storage. While recording the images presented on the display screen, the second device can present indicia on the display screen of the second device indicating that a screen recording is in progress.

Screen recording from a remote device

In some implementations, a system can be configured to allow remote control devices to quietly obtain status information related to various audio/video playback devices. For example, a streaming device (e.g., a user device, phone, etc.) can establish a streaming connection to a playback device. The playback device can be configured to only accept a single streaming connection (i.e., master connection). A remote control device (e.g., a user device, phone, etc.) can quietly connect (i.e., control connection) to the playback device without interrupting the master connection to obtain status information related to the playback device and or the media being streamed to the playback device. The remote control device can provide commands through the control connection to adjust the playback of the streamed media at the playback device.

Remotely controlling playback devices

This is directed to controlling the output of audio based on the mode of an electronic device. In particular, this is directed to an electronic device having a sound mode, silent mode, and mute mode controlling the output of audio along different audio output routes. In the sound mode, all audio can be output, while only registered or authorized audio can be output in the silent mode. In the mute mode, no audio can be output. The sound and silent modes can be enabled using an interface of the device (e.g., a switch having two possible states), while the mute mode can be enabled using an accessory coupled to the device. To disengage the mute mode, a user can provide a corresponding instruction using the accessory, or providing an instruction on the device related to volume control. For example, a user can change the device volume using an on-device interface, or toggle a sound/silent switch to a sound mode.

Methods and systems provide synchronized sharing of multimedia between multiple devices. The multiple devices may form an ad-hoc network for sharing of multimedia. In an embodiment, group members may have playlist manipulation privileges such as pausing, rewinding, fast forwarding, or adding tracks to the playlist. A system may stream or distribute content according to the shared playlist. Playback may be synchronized for group members so that everyone is exposed to a same part of the content as the same time.

Synchronized playback and control of media

One embodiment provides for a data processing system comprising a memory device to store instructions and one or more processors to execute the instructions stored on the memory device. The instructions cause the one or more processors to provide a virtual assistant to receive voice input at a media playback device associated with the data processing system. The virtual assistant, via the one or more processors, is configured to receive a voice command at the media playback device, where the voice command is to schedule an event, then determine a user account associated with the voice command, a type of command based on context information associated with the voice command, and a target device to which media playback associated with the event is to be scheduled.

Methods and systems provide for coordinated control between multiple devices of playback of a media track or playlist. The multiple devices may form an ad-hoc network for sharing control of media. A control device may coordinate control of the playlist and facilitate playback of the media at a playback device. Then when the control device leaves the group, a second device in the group will seamlessly become the control device and control playback and playlist coordination. The playback device may also be the control device. The playback advice may be a network-enabled speaker. Where the playback device is separate from the control device, the playback device may maintain sufficient information to operate without a control device until a new control device is selected.

Coordinated control of media playback

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Gregory R Chapman