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

Claim 13:
14. A computer-implemented method of controlling playback of media content items on a media playback device, the method comprising:
displaying on the media playback device 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, the automatic playback switch configured to switch between a plurality of playback modes when selected, wherein the plurality of graphical control elements are displayed within a same view of the graphical user interface;
determining a current state of the automatic playback switch;
displaying a symbol corresponding to the current state of the automatic playback switch on the graphical user interface; and
when the current state is an autoplay mode:
determining an autoplay queue of media content items on the media playback device, the autoplay queue of media content items being automatically selected to include the 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 initiating playback of the autoplay queue of media content items.