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Patent No.:

US 12481475 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2020

Cloud queue synchronization

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Arthur L. Coburn, Iv, Lexington, MA (US);

Steven Beckhardt, Boston, MA (US);

Andrew J. Schulert, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

FORTEM IP LLP

Primary Examiner:

Paul C Mccord

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 16/44 (2019.01); G06F 16/638 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); H04H 60/80 (2008.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01); H04L 65/60 (2022.01); H04L 65/61 (2022.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 65/65 (2022.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04L 67/1095 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/62 (2022.01); H04N 21/254 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/432 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/4627 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/6377 (2011.01); H04N 21/654 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/8355 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G06F 16/44 (2019.01); G06F 16/638 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); H04H 60/80 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/105 (2013.01); H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04L 65/61 (2022.05); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 65/65 (2022.05); H04L 65/762 (2022.05); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/1095 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/62 (2022.05); H04N 21/2541 (2013.01); H04N 21/25816 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/4325 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/4627 (2013.01); H04N 21/4825 (2013.01); H04N 21/6377 (2013.01); H04N 21/654 (2013.01); H04N 21/658 (2013.01); H04N 21/8113 (2013.01); H04N 21/8355 (2013.01); H04N 21/8455 (2013.01); H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example techniques relate to cloud queue synchronization. An example implementation may involve a playback device receiving, from a cloud computing system, data representing a play message comprising: (i) a play pointer representing a particular media item; (ii) an indication of one or more media items, the one or more media items including the particular media item; and (iii) a universal resource identifier (URI) representing a location of the particular media item at one or more servers of a streaming audio service. The playback device queues the one or more media items in a local queue stored in data storage of the playback device, streams the particular media item, and plays back the particular media item. After beginning playback of the particular media item, the playback device sends a playback started message comprising the play pointer, the play pointer representing the particular media item as the currently playing media item.

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