US 11,818,427 B2
Adaptive media playback experiences for commercial environments
Ryan Taylor, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Andrew Kwatinetz, Seattle, WA (US); Benjamin Rappoport, Bainbridge Island, WA (US); Russell Dougherty, Seattle, WA (US); Dayn Wilberding, Portland, OR (US); and Nicholas D'Amato, Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/703,173.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/166,906, filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0312072 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 21/44222 (2013.01) [H04N 21/4307 (2013.01); H04N 21/4394 (2013.01); H04N 21/4524 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04R 2227/001 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04R 2227/007 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing system comprising:
at least one processor;
non-transitory computer-readable medium; and
program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
receive an indication that a user device has been detected in a commercial environment, the user device being installed with a commercial application associated with the commercial environment;
determine a first user profile associated with the commercial application;
determine a first set of musical preferences associated with one or more of the commercial environment, the commercial application, or combinations thereof;
determine a second user profile associated with the user device and a media playback system;
determine a second set of musical preferences associated with the second user profile;
establish a link between the first user profile and the second user profile;
based on at least (i) the first set of musical preferences associated with the commercial environment, (ii) the second set of musical preferences associated with the second user profile, and (iii) the link between the first user profile and the second user profile, determine one or more media items for playback; and
cause one or more playback devices in the commercial environment to play back the one or more media items.