US 11,899,762 B2
Association via audio
Richard Mitic, Stockholm (SE); and Göran Edling, Stockholm (SE)
Assigned to Spotify AB, Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Spotify AB, Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/829,665.
Application 17/829,665 is a continuation of application No. 16/385,140, filed on Apr. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,379,566.
Application 16/385,140 is a continuation of application No. 15/955,145, filed on Apr. 17, 2018, granted, now 10,853,458, issued on Dec. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18167553 (EP), filed on Apr. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0366024 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 21/31 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/31 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
operating, by a server, a media playback appliance in a primary mode associated with a first account;
playing, by a source device associated with a second account, a media content item;
responsive to the media playback appliance receiving a guest mode signal, recording, by the media playback appliance, an audio recording including at least a portion of the media content item;
providing, by the media playback appliance, the audio recording from the media playback appliance to the server;
identifying, by the server, an identifier of the media content item using the audio recording;
identifying, by the server, credentials associated with the second account based on the identifier of the media content item;
operating, by the server, the media playback appliance in a guest mode associated with the second account;
transferring, by the server, playback of the media content item from the device associated with the second account to the media playback appliance; and
determining, by the server, a start point within the media content item that is synchronized with the playback by the source device associated with the second account, wherein transferring the playback comprises causing the source device associated with the second account to cease playback of the media content item and causing the media playback appliance to initiate playback of the media content item based on the start point.