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Alarms for a system of smart media playback devices

US11949725B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 11, 2022
Grant dateApr 2, 2024
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Expiry dateApr 11, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/306
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

One embodiment provides for a media playback device comprising a memory device to store instructions; one or more processors to execute the instructions stored on the memory device, the instructions to cause the one or more processors to provide a playback queue manager to manage one or more media playback queues including a set of media items associated with a scheduled event and a playback routing manager to determine an output destination for the set of media items based on context associated with the scheduled event, the playback routing manager to route output of playback of the set of media items to one or more of multiple different connected media playback devices based on the context associated with the scheduled event.

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