Patent ID: 9648071
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G05B,G06F,H04H,H04L,H04N,H04R

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, via a computing system from a media playback system over a network interface, a request to initiate playback of a particular cloud queue at a first media item, wherein the particular cloud queue is accessible to the media playback system over a wide area network; wherein media items of the particular cloud queue are playable by one or more playback devices of the media playback system; assigning, via the computing system, a playhead pointer to a position within the particular cloud queue that corresponds to the first media item; transmitting, via the computing system to the media playback system over the network interface, an instruction that causes the one or more playback devices of the media playback system to initiate playback of the particular cloud queue at the first media item; receiving, via the computing system over the network interface, an indication that a local playhead pointer of the media playback system is assigned to a position that corresponds to a second media item; and updating, via the computing system, the assigned position of the playhead pointer to indicate the position with the particular cloud queue that corresponds to the second media item.