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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2023
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Sherwin Liu, Boston, MA (US);
Paul Bates, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for media playback via a media playback system include (i) capturing a voice input comprising a request for media content, (ii) receiving information derived at least from the request for media content, (iii) requesting and receiving information from at least one remote computing device associated with a first media content service and at least one remote computing device associated with a second media content service, wherein (a) the information identifies first media content available via the first media content service for playback and identifies second media content available via the second media content service for playback, and (b) the first and second media content are related to the requested media content, and (iv) after receiving at least one of the first information and the second information, (a) selecting the first media content instead of the second media content, and (b) playing back the first media content.