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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2024
Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Adam Kumpf, Delaware, OH (US);
Roger Jackson, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
An example control device is configured to (i) operate in a classic mode of a media playback system (MPS) application in which the control device provides options for controlling the MPS, (ii) while in the classic mode, receive a request to operate in a compact mode of the MPS application, (iii) determine a context in which the control device received the request, (iv) based on the request, transition from operating in the classic mode to the compact mode, in which the control device (a) provides a subset of the options, and (b) based on the context, presents a visualization of the compact mode with a selectable option to play back media content, (v) while presenting the visualization of the compact mode, receive input indicating a selection of the selectable option, and (vi) based on the input, cause a device to play back media content based on the selection.
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