US 11,877,015 B2
Temporary configuration of a media playback system
Paul Andrew Bates, Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/528,742.
Application 17/528,742 is a continuation of application No. 16/915,292, filed on Jun. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,184,645.
Application 16/915,292 is a continuation of application No. 15/947,559, filed on Apr. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,698,650, issued on Jun. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0224949 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 21/214 (2011.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 16/635 (2019.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01)
CPC H04N 21/2143 (2013.01) [G06F 3/162 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 9/44505 (2013.01); G06F 16/635 (2019.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Tangible, non-transitory computer readable media comprising program instructions stored therein, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause a mobile device to perform functions comprising:
detecting, via a first wireless network interface, a beacon transmitted from a playback device of a particular first media playback system, wherein the beacon includes data identifying a particular room of a place of accommodation, and wherein the place of accommodation includes multiple first media playback systems corresponding to respective individually bookable rooms;
in response to detecting the beacon transmitted from the playback device of the particular first media playback system, causing a graphical display of the mobile device to display a prompt to configure the particular first media playback system with a system configuration of a second media playback system, wherein a control interface on the mobile device is configured with a user profile of the second media playback system to control audio playback by the second media playback system;
detecting, via the graphical display, touch input data indicating a selection of a particular selectable control within the displayed prompt that, when selected, causes the mobile device to configure the particular first media playback system with the system configuration of the second media playback system; and
in response to detecting the touch input data indicating the selection of the particular selectable control within the displayed prompt, causing, via a second wireless network interface, one or more servers of a computing system to configure the particular first media playback system with one or more settings represented in the system configuration of the second media playback system.
 
12. A mobile device comprising:
one or more processors;
a first wireless network interface;
a second wireless network interface; and
tangible, non-transitory computer readable media comprising program instructions executable by the one or more processors such that the mobile device is configured to:
after detecting, via the first wireless network interface, a beacon transmitted from a playback device of a particular first media playback system, wherein the beacon includes data identifying a particular room of a place of accommodation, and wherein the place of accommodation includes multiple first media playback systems corresponding to respective individually bookable rooms, cause a graphical display of the mobile device to display a prompt to configure the particular first media playback system with a system configuration of a second media playback system, wherein a control interface on the mobile device is configured with a user profile of the second media playback system to control audio playback by the second media playback system; and
after detecting, via the graphical display, touch input data indicating a selection of a particular selectable control within the displayed prompt that, when selected, causes the mobile device to configure the particular first media playback system with the system configuration of the second media playback system, cause, via the second wireless network interface, one or more servers of a computing system to configure the particular first media playback system with one or more settings represented in the system configuration of the second media playback system.