US 11,886,769 B2
Audio track selection and playback
Robert Reimann, Cambridge, MA (US); David Taylor, Santa Barbara, CA (US); and Abhishek Kumar, Hayward, CA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/967,645.
Application 17/967,645 is a continuation of application No. 17/570,858, filed on Jan. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,474,778.
Application 17/570,858 is a continuation of application No. 17/347,031, filed on Jun. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,474,777, issued on Oct. 18, 2022.
Application 17/347,031 is a continuation of application No. 16/895,747, filed on Jun. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,036,467, issued on Jun. 15, 2021.
Application 16/895,747 is a continuation of application No. 16/447,644, filed on Jun. 20, 2019, granted, now 10,678,500, issued on Jun. 9, 2020.
Application 16/447,644 is a continuation of application No. 15/205,479, filed on Jul. 8, 2016, granted, now 10,359,990, issued on Jul. 23, 2019.
Application 15/205,479 is a continuation of application No. 13/338,724, filed on Dec. 28, 2011, granted, now 9,665,339, issued on May 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0038180 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 16/635 (2019.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 16/60 (2019.01); G06F 16/683 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 16/635 (2019.01); G06F 16/60 (2019.01); G06F 16/683 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A playback device comprising:
at least one processor;
a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium; and
program instructions stored on the tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium that are executable by the at least one processor such that the playback device is configured to:
play back first audio content that was determined based on (i) receiving data indicating a command to play back audio content and (ii) one or more properties of a given user account associated with the playback device, wherein the given user account was identified from one or more user accounts associated with the playback device based on the data indicating the command;
determine a playback condition related to the playback device;
based on one or both of (i) at least one property of the given user account or (ii) at least one property of the playback condition, determine second audio content for playback; and
play back the second audio content.