US 11,700,436 B2
Content playback reminders
Dayna Bateman, Springfield, IL (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on May 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/737,759.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/184,741, filed on May 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0360868 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 21/858 (2011.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/8586 (2013.01) [G06F 16/955 (2019.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device comprising:
at least one processor;
a graphical user interface;
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:
determine (i) a future start time of an upcoming live media event and (ii) a uniform resource indicator (URI) at which a live media stream of the live media event will be accessible at the future start time;
display, via the graphical user interface, a notification identifying the upcoming live media event;
receive, via the graphical user interface, (i) a first selection of the displayed notification and (ii) a second selection of a plurality of playback devices of a media playback system; and
based on the first and second selections, cause, at the start time of the live media event, at least one of the plurality of playback devices to access the live media stream at the URI for synchronous playback by the plurality of playback devices.