Patent ID: 11914839
Assignee: SPOTIFY AB
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A system for controlling playback of media content items on a media playback device, the system comprising:
a media playback device comprising:
a user input device configured to receive selections of media playback options;
a media content output device configured to play streamed media content; and
a media playback application configured to:
generate a graphical user interface comprising a plurality of graphical control elements that control playback of the media content items on the media playback device, the plurality of graphical control elements comprising an automatic playback switch positioned next to one or more additional graphical control elements of the plurality of graphical control elements, wherein the plurality of graphical control elements are displayed within a same view of the graphical user interface;
determine a current state of the automatic playback switch;
display a symbol that corresponds to the current state of the automatic playback switch on the graphical user interface; and
when the current state is an autoplay mode:
determine an autoplay queue of media content items on the media playback device, the autoplay queue of media content items being automatically selected to include media content items related to at least two of the media content items in an initial queue of media content items, and
upon concluding playback of the initial queue of media content items, automatically initiate playback of the autoplay queue of media content items.