US 12,131,096 B2
Contextual indexing of media items
Amber Brown, Santa Barbara, CA (US); and Diane Roberts, Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/473,867.
Application 18/473,867 is a continuation of application No. 17/657,281, filed on Mar. 30, 2022, granted, now 11,768,655.
Application 17/657,281 is a continuation of application No. 17/073,841, filed on Oct. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,294,617, issued on Apr. 5, 2022.
Application 17/073,841 is a continuation of application No. 16/779,629, filed on Feb. 2, 2020, granted, now 10,809,965, issued on Oct. 20, 2020.
Application 16/779,629 is a continuation of application No. 16/154,163, filed on Oct. 8, 2018, granted, now 10,552,112, issued on Feb. 4, 2020.
Application 16/154,163 is a continuation of application No. 15/344,023, filed on Nov. 4, 2016, granted, now 10,095,464, issued on Oct. 9, 2018.
Application 15/344,023 is a continuation of application No. 14/447,410, filed on Jul. 30, 2014, granted, now 9,524,339, issued on Dec. 20, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0012606 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 16/41 (2019.01); G06F 16/61 (2019.01); G06F 16/632 (2019.01); G06F 16/635 (2019.01); G06F 16/638 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 3/16 (2013.01) [G06F 16/41 (2019.01); G06F 16/61 (2019.01); G06F 16/634 (2019.01); G06F 16/635 (2019.01); G06F 16/639 (2019.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a network device comprising a first network interface;
at least one cloud server comprising a second network interface;
at least one processor; and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the system is configured to:
maintain, in data storage of the network device, at least one first index comprising identifiers of media items that correspond to a playback history of a user profile;
receive an input representing a command to perform a search for media items corresponding to a search string;
search, via the network device, the at least one first index for first search results corresponding to the search string;
determine, via the at least one cloud server, that the first search results do not include a match to the search string;
based on the determination that the first search results do not include the match to the search string, search, via the at least one cloud server, at least one second index for second search results corresponding to the search string, wherein the at least one second index comprise identifiers of additional media items relative to the media items indexed in the at least one first index; and
cause a controller device to display graphical representations of one or more media items in the second search results.