US 11,853,644 B2
Playlist selection for audio streaming
Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri, Milpitas, CA (US)
Assigned to Gracenote Digital Ventures, LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Gracenote Digital Ventures, LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/945,395.
Application 17/945,395 is a continuation of application No. 17/022,603, filed on Sep. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,481,183, issued on Oct. 25, 2022.
Application 17/022,603 is a continuation of application No. 16/447,496, filed on Jun. 20, 2019, granted, now 10,809,973, issued on Oct. 20, 2020.
Application 16/447,496 is a continuation of application No. 16/228,857, filed on Dec. 21, 2018, granted, now 10,372,411, issued on Aug. 6, 2019.
Application 16/228,857 is a continuation of application No. 15/387,345, filed on Dec. 21, 2016, granted, now 10,019,225, issued on Jul. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0026161 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 65/60 (2022.01); G06F 16/638 (2019.01); G06F 16/68 (2019.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04L 65/65 (2022.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [G06F 16/639 (2019.01); G06F 16/686 (2019.01); H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 65/65 (2022.05); H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining, by a vehicle, that the vehicle has been activated;
in response to determining that the vehicle has been activated, obtaining, by the vehicle, a playlist from a client device within the vehicle, wherein the playlist includes one or more references indicating audio files;
requesting, by the vehicle, a stream of the audio files from one or more audio server devices;
receiving, by the vehicle, the stream of the audio files; and
causing, by the vehicle, audible playout of the stream of the audio files, wherein the client device updates the playlist by removing references indicating the audio files that were played out.