US 12,032,872 B2
Intelligent user interfaces for playback devices
Brandon Lynne, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Jodi Vautrin, Boston, MA (US); Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III, Boston, MA (US); and Jason Yore, Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/957,883.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/250,896, filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0096397 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G01S 11/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [G01S 11/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A playback device comprising:
a graphical display;
a capacitive volume control disposed on a housing of the playback device;
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 to cause the playback device to:
while the graphical display is in a sleep state, detect, via one or more proximity sensors, that a user is proximate to the playback device;
based on detecting that the user is proximate to the playback device, cause the graphical display to (i) exit the sleep state and (ii) present a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a list of selectable quick start icons, each selectable quick start icon in the list comprising a selectable icon corresponding to respective media content and a respective command to begin playback of the respective media content, wherein the list does not include information identifying the respective media content;
determine that a predetermined period of time has passed after causing the graphical display to exit the sleep state;
based on determining that the predetermined period of time has passed after causing the graphical display to exit the sleep state, update the graphical display such that the list of selectable quick start icons includes information identifying the respective media content corresponding to each selectable quick start icon in the list;
detect an input selecting one of the selectable quick start icons via the graphical display; and
based on detecting the input selecting one of the selectable quick start icons via the graphical display, begin to play back the respective media content corresponding to the selected one of the selectable quick start icons.