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

Claim 7:
8. A system for performing association via audio, comprising:
one or more processing devices; and
a computer-readable memory device coupled to the one or more processing devices and comprising instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to:
operate, by a server, a media playback appliance in a primary mode associated with a first account;
play, by a source device associated with a second account, a media content item;
responsive to the media playback appliance receiving a guest mode signal, recording, by the media playback appliance, an audio recording including at least a portion of the media content item;
provide, by the media playback appliance, the audio recording from the media playback appliance to the server;
identify, by the server, an identifier of the media content item using the audio recording
identify, by the server, credentials associated with the second account based on the identifier of the media content item;
operate, by the server the media playback appliance in a guest mode associated with the second account;
transfer, by the server, playback of the media content item from the device associated with the second 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 second account, wherein to transfer the playback comprises to cause the source device associated with the second 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.