Method, device, and system for directing a wireless speaker from a mobile phone to receive and render a playlist from a content server on the internet
US9516370B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 23, 2014 |
| Grant date | Dec 6, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W76/11
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices are presented for facilitating a presentation of media, including displaying, on a touchscreen of a mobile phone, a plurality of device identifiers; receiving input identifying one of the plurality of device identifiers that identifies a rendering device; providing information identifying a user of the mobile phone; receiving a message based on the information identifying the user of the mobile phone, the message comprising information identifying a playlist comprising a plurality of media item identifiers corresponding to media items ordered to be played in an arranged sequence; receiving, at the mobile phone, input identifying at least one media item identifier from the playlist; and directing, from the mobile phone, the rendering device to obtain a media item identified by the at least one media item identifier from a content server and to play the media item, the media item obtained without user input at the rendering device.
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