US 12,229,181 B2
Media sharing across service providers
Ron Kuper, Arlington, MA (US); and Joni Hoadley, Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/994,578.
Application 17/994,578 is a continuation of application No. 17/008,362, filed on Aug. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,514,099.
Application 17/008,362 is a continuation of application No. 16/142,689, filed on Sep. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,762,124, issued on Sep. 1, 2020.
Application 16/142,689 is a continuation of application No. 14/990,235, filed on Jan. 7, 2016, granted, now 10,127,232, issued on Nov. 13, 2018.
Application 14/990,235 is a continuation of application No. 13/239,077, filed on Sep. 21, 2011, granted, now 9,286,384, issued on Mar. 15, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0205810 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/2455 (2019.01); G06F 16/44 (2019.01); G06F 16/48 (2019.01); G06F 16/635 (2019.01); H04L 65/60 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 16/48 (2019.01) [G06F 16/24562 (2019.01); G06F 16/44 (2019.01); G06F 16/635 (2019.01); H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing system 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 executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
receive, from a first user device registered with a first service account of a first service, a first pointer to a particular media item available via the first service, wherein the first pointer is usable to retrieve the particular media item from the first service for playback;
receive, from the first user device, an indication of a user selection of a selectable icon of a graphical user interface of the first user device, wherein the user selection indicates a request to share the particular media item;
determine a second service account with which the particular media item is to be shared;
determine that the second service account has access to the particular media item via a second service; and
based on the determination that the second service account has access to the particular media item via the second service:
identify a second pointer to the particular media item available via the second service, wherein the second pointer is usable to retrieve the particular media item from the second service for playback; and
transmit the second pointer to a second user device registered with the second service account.