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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2021
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah, Tiptur, IN;
Vikram Makam Gupta, Karnataka, IN;
Madhusudhan Seetharam, Bangalore, IN;
Prateek Varshney, Karnataka, IN;
Reda Harb, Bellevue, WA (US);
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for improving audio playback at a playback device are described herein. In some embodiments, a system transitions between causing playback of a radio broadcast stream to causing playback of device music, such as in response to determining that a quality of the radio broadcast stream is below a threshold value. In some embodiments, a system selects songs to play based on device preferences of a plurality of different media devices. In some embodiments, a system selects a device from which to retrieve songs for playback based on one or more rules.