Guest access to a media playback system
US10983750B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 5, 2018 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04R2227/005
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Example techniques may involve guest access to a media playback system. A guest may use a guest control device, such as a smartphone or tablet, to control aspects of a host's media playback system. In addition, the guest may temporarily register their user account of a streaming audio service with the host's media playback system, which enables playback of audio content from that service by one or more playback devices of the media playback system. When the guest control device de-registers from the host's media playback system, retrieval of audio content from the streaming audio service is disabled.
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