Patent ID: 9674587
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: identifying, via a computing device at a first location, a media item corresponding to audio content being played at the first location, wherein the audio content is being played independent of the computing device; in response to identifying the media item, (i) searching, via the computing device, a plurality of content provider services for the media item corresponding to the identified audio content, and (ii) determining via the computing device, a content identifier specifying a network location from where the media item is obtainable from one of the plurality of content provider services; determining at a first time, whether a playback queue stored on a playback device of a playback system is accessible by the computing device, wherein the playback system is at a second location remote from the first location, providing, to the playback system via the computing device over a wide area network, the content identifier, wherein providing the content identifier comprises: causing, via the computing device, the media item to be remotely added to the playback queue stored on the playback device of the playback system for playback at the second location, wherein adding the media item to the playback queue comprises storing, by the playback device of the playback system, the content identifier in the playback queue, wherein the playback device is configured to obtain the media item for playback according to the content identifier in the playback queue.