Patent ID: 9665339
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method of selecting an audio track, the method comprising: detecting a first playback condition comprising a time of day; detecting a second playback condition comprising a first playback device being linked to at least one second playback device to form a zone group for playing back audio in synchrony with the at least one second playback device; comparing, using a processor, a first audio track property comprising a time of day when the audio track is to be played back to the first playback condition to determine if the time of day of the first audio track property matches the time of day of the first playback condition; comparing, with the processor, a second audio track property which identifies a zone group to play back the audio track to the second playback condition to determine if the zone group of the second audio track property matches the formed zone group of the second playback condition; and selecting, the first audio track for presentation via the first playback device and the at least one second playback device to a user when the first playback condition matches the first audio track property and the second playback condition matches the second audio track property.