US 12,223,226 B2
Playback queues for shared experiences
Ryan Taylor, Santa Barbara, CA (US); and Jeffrey Michael Torgerson, Stanwood, WA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/366,496.
Application 18/366,496 is a continuation of application No. 17/556,968, filed on Dec. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,720,320.
Application 17/556,968 is a continuation of application No. 16/680,234, filed on Nov. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,204,737, issued on Dec. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0376269 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 65/1066 (2022.01); H04L 65/1069 (2022.01); H04L 65/1089 (2022.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 65/80 (2022.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [H04L 65/1066 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 65/1089 (2013.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04R 2227/003 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device comprising:
at least one processor;
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium; and
program instructions stored on the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium that are collectively executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to:
while a first playback device of a first media playback system is playing back a playback session comprising a playback queue of media items, receive, from the first playback device:
an indication of one or more media items in the playback queue;
audio content recorded via a networked microphone device of the first media playback system at a particular time during playback of the playback queue; and
an indication of a given playback position in a media item of the one or more media items in the playback queue that corresponds to the particular time;
cause storage of the recorded audio content and the indication of the given playback position;
after the playback session, receive a request from a second playback device of a second media playback system for the media item; and
transmit (i) the recorded audio content and (ii) the indication of the given playback position to the second playback device, thereby causing the second playback device to, while playing back the media item, play back the recorded audio content during the given playback position in the media item.