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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2023
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Paul Andrew Bates, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Steven Beckhardt, Boston, MA (US);
Jonathon Reilly, Cambridge, MA (US);
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are provided for replacing media items in a queue of a playback device. An example implementation involves receiving, at the playback device, first data indicating an addition of a first media item to a queue. The playback device determines that the first media item is no longer accessible to the playback device at a later second time. The playback device initiates a query for a media item similar to the first media item and receives second data indicating that a second media item has replaced the first media item in the queue, the second media item being similar to the first media item. In response, the playback device initiates playback of the second media item on the playback device.