US 12,279,013 B2
Managing content quality and related characteristics of a media playback system
Brandon Wright, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Ryan Edward Kitson, Tillamook, OR (US); Won So, Boston, MA (US); Ted Lin, Ayer, MA (US); Jeffrey M. Peters, Cambridge, MA (US); and Michael Sheldon, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/560,063
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
PCT Filed May 10, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/028592
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 9, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/240874, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/330,865, filed on Apr. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/279,492, filed on Nov. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/250,558, filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/186,796, filed on May 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0251128 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/4363 (2011.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); H04N 21/4425 (2011.01); H04N 21/4722 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/44227 (2013.01) [H04N 21/43076 (2020.08); H04N 21/431 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/43637 (2013.01); H04N 21/44029 (2013.01); H04N 21/4425 (2013.01); H04N 21/4722 (2013.01); H04N 21/8113 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device comprising:
a user interface;
at least one processor;
a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and
program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to:
display, via the user interface, a content quality indicator for media content being played back by a playback device, wherein the content quality indicator comprises:
a representation of a highest-available quality level of media content; and
a representation of either (i) a first state indicating that a quality level of a current version of media content being played back by the playback device matches the highest-available quality level or (ii) a second state indicating that the quality level of the current version of media content being played back by the playback device does not match the highest-available quality level;
determine that the quality level of the current version of the media content being played back does not match the highest-available quality level and thereby cause the content quality indicator to represent the second state;
receive, via the user interface, an input indicating a request to access a set of information about the quality level of the current version of the media content being played back; and
based on the input indicating the request, display, via the user interface, the set of information, wherein the set of information includes at least one factor contributing to the quality level of the current version of the media content being played back.