Patent ID: 11899762
Assignee: SPOTIFY AB
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. A system comprising:
a source device associated with a first account having one or more source device processing devices coupled to a source device memory device storing source device instructions which when executed cause the one or more source device processing devices to play a media content item;
a media playback appliance having one or more media playback appliance processing devices coupled to a media playback appliance memory device storing media playback appliance instructions which when executed cause the one or more media playback appliance processing devices to:
responsive to the media playback appliance receiving a guest mode signal, record an audio recording including at least a portion of the media content item, and
provide the audio recording for identification of the media content item; and

a remote server having one or more remote server processing devices coupled to a remote server memory device storing remote server instructions which when executed cause the one or more remote server processing devices to:
operate the media playback appliance in a primary mode associated with a second account,
identify an identifier of the media content item using the audio recording,
identify credentials associated with the first account based on the identifier of the media content item;
operate the media playback appliance in a guest mode associated with the first account,
transfer playback of the media content item from the source device associated with the first account to the media playback appliance; and
determine a start point within the media content item that is synchronized with the playback by the source device associated with the first account, wherein to transfer the playback comprises to cause the source device associated with the first account to cease playback of the media content item and to cause the media playback appliance to initiate playback of the media content item based on the start point.