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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2014
Applicants:

Ted M. Lin, Ayer, MA (US);

Eric M. Bass, Leominster, MA (US);

Inventors:

Ted M. Lin, Ayer, MA (US);

Eric M. Bass, Leominster, MA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30769 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 17/3005 (2013.01); G06F 17/30056 (2013.01); G06F 17/30772 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments are provided for facilitating playback of media content on a webpage by a playback zone in a media playback system. Upon, or subsequent to opening a web-browsing interface, one or more playback zones of a media playback system may be identified, and links to a playable media item may be identified on a webpage to be displayed by the web-browsing interface. The webpage may then be modified such that a representation associated with the link may be selected to prompt a display of the one or more identified playback zones. A selection of one of the one or more identified playback zones may then cause the media item to be played in the selected playback zone.


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