Facilitating streaming media access via a media-item database
US11481437B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 24, 2019 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 4, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L65/61
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Examples described herein relate to facilitating media item access via a media item database. For instance, a playlist may include audio tracks of a first streaming service (e.g., as uniform resource identifiers linking to streamable audio tracks). When a subscription to the first streaming service is not active, the playlist may be unplayable by a media playback system including a playback device. To play the playlist, a computing system may convert the playlist to audio tracks of a second streaming service and then send the converted playlist back to the media playback system for playback.
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