Patent ID: 11949725
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 15:
16. A device comprising:
a memory; and
at least one processor configured to:
receive a request to play a queue of media items associated with a scheduled event based on an occurrence of the scheduled event;
determine whether an existing playback queue is in effect on the device;
determine whether the queue of media items associated with the scheduled event is a transient queue;
store the existing playback queue as a secondary media queue in response to determining that the existing playback queue is in effect and based at least in part on whether the queue of media items associated with the scheduled event is the transient queue; and
play at least one media item of the queue of media items associated with the scheduled event until the scheduled event is dismissed.