Patent ID: 9495076
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04R,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: establishing, via a local network, a connected state between a mobile device and a zone of one or more playback devices in a network media system such that an action taken, via the mobile device, on one or more media items identified in a playlist of a streaming content provider causes a corresponding action to be taken by the zone on one or more corresponding media items in a playback queue associated with the zone and stored on a given playback device of the zone; disconnecting the mobile device from the network media system such that the mobile device and the zone are no longer in the connected state via the local network; providing the playlist of the streaming content provider for display on a user interface of the mobile device, wherein the playlist of the streaming content provider identifies media items for playback on the mobile device; while the mobile device is disconnected from the network media system, receiving via the mobile device, a first user input indicating a modification to the playlist of the streaming content provider on the mobile device; determining that the connected state between the mobile device and the zone in the network media system is to be re-established via the local network; and responsive to re-establishing the connected state between the mobile device and the zone, sending to the given playback device of the zone, an update message indicating the modification to the playlist of the streaming content provider to automatically cause a corresponding modification to be made to the playback queue associated with the zone.