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Patent No.:

US 11743534 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2022

Systems and methods for networked music playback

Applicant:

Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Arthur Coburn, IV, Lexington, MA (US);

Joni Rafalski Hoadley, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Sonos, Inc, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Oschta I Montoya

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G11B 19/02 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 65/1101 (2022.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G11B 19/025 (2013.01); H04L 65/1101 (2022.05); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04N 21/4307 (2013.01); H04N 21/439 (2013.01); H04N 21/4333 (2013.01); H04N 21/43076 (2020.08); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/4852 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01); H04N 21/6581 (2013.01); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01); H04N 21/8113 (2013.01); H04N 21/8586 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control device is configured to (i) display transport controls to control playback by the control device, (ii) after connecting to a LAN, determine that one or more playback devices are connected to the LAN, (iii) detect input(s) to transfer playback to a particular playback device connected to the LAN, (iv) cause playback to be transferred to the particular playback device, including: (a) causing first cloud server(s) to transmit, to the particular playback device, resource locator(s) maintained in a shared playback queue, the resource locator(s) corresponding to respective locations of media content at second cloud server(s) of a streaming content service, (b) causing playback at the control device to be stopped, and (c) modifying the transport controls to control playback by the particular playback device, and (v) cause the particular playback device to retrieve the media content from second cloud server(s) of a streaming content service and play back the retrieved media content.

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