US 12,081,836 B2
Systems and methods for creating a shared playback session
Erik Broberg, Stockholm (SE); and Daniel Per Åke Lindstrand, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to Spotify AB, Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Spotify AB, Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/145,805.
Application 18/145,805 is a continuation of application No. 17/333,733, filed on May 28, 2021, granted, now 11,570,518.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/046,535, filed on Jun. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0209143 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04L 65/401 (2022.01); H04N 21/2387 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/6583 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/47217 (2013.01) [H04L 65/4015 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising, at a master device for a shared playback session:
while a first media content item from the shared playback session is being presented on a set of presentation devices, each of the set of presentation devices corresponding to a respective user of a plurality of users in the shared playback session:
receiving a request to modify playback of the shared playback session from an observer device of a set of observer devices that corresponds to a presentation device for a first user, wherein the set of observer devices is different from the set of presentation devices; and
in response to the request to modify playback of the shared playback session:
sending a first command for an action to each of a first subset of the set of presentation devices, the first command selected based on the request to modify playback of the shared playback session and one or more properties of the presentation devices in the first subset;
sending a second command for an action, different from the first command, to each of a second subset of the set of presentation devices, the second command selected based on the request to modify playback of the shared playback session and one or more properties of the presentation devices in the second subset.