1. Antenna structure which comprises:
a primary radiating structure comprising one or more first radiating elements;
a secondary radiating structure, operationally associated with said primary radiating structure, said secondary radiating structure comprising a plurality of second radiating elements that can be selectively electrically connecteddisconnected to each other to vary the configuration of said secondary radiating structure, so as to vary the radiating properties of said antenna structure;
one or more first reactive loads, electrically connected between said primary and secondary radiating structures;
one or more second reactive loads, electrically connected to said secondary radiating structure;
said first reactive loads, said second reactive loads and said second radiating elements forming one or more circuitry structures that are electrically resonant in the operating frequency band of said antenna structure and that are electrically connecteddisconnected to each other in a selective manner in accordance to the configuration selected for said second radiating structure, thereby maintaining constantly equal to zero the overall reactive load that is electrically connected to said primary radiating structure.
2. Antenna structure according to claim 1, wherein said first and second radiating elements consist of electrically conducting structures.
3. Antenna structure according to claim 2, which comprises one or more first circuitry elements to selectively electrically connectdisconnect said second radiating elements.
4. Antenna structure according to claim 1, wherein said first reactive loads are electrically connected between said first and second radiating elements and in that said second reactive loads are electrically connected to said second radiating elements.
5. Antenna structure according to claim 1, wherein said first radiating elements andor said second radiating elements are arranged along a first closed path (A) andor along a second closed path (B) respectively.
6. Antenna structure according to claim 1, wherein said second radiating elements have an electrical length much smaller than the wavelengths of the operating frequencies of said antenna structure.
7. Antenna structure according to wherein said first reactive loads are of a capacitive type and said second reactive loads are of an inductive type.
8. Antenna structure according to claim 2, wherein said first and second radiating elements consist, respectively, of first and second conducting tracks, deposited on a first surface of a supporting substrate.
9. Antenna structure according to claim 8, wherein said second inductive reactive loads consist of third conductive tracks, deposited on a second surface of said supporting substrate.
10. Antenna structure according to claim 3, wherein said first circuitry elements comprise one or more switching devices andor variable inductors andor variable capacitors electrically connected between said second radiating elements.
11. Antenna structure according to claim 3 which comprises a driving circuit comprising one or more bias lines to power said circuitry elements.
12. Antenna structure according to claim 11, said driving circuit comprises second circuitry elements to electrically disconnect said bias lines from each other.
13. Antenna structure according to claim 1, wherein said driving circuit comprises third circuitry elements to electrically disconnect said bias lines from said second radiating elements.
14. An electronic device which comprises an antenna structure according to claim 1.
15. Antenna structure according to-claim 2, wherein said first reactive loads are electrically connected between said first and second radiating elements and in that said second reactive loads are electrically connected to said second radiating elements.
16. Antenna structure according to-claim 3, wherein said first reactive loads are electrically connected between said first and second radiating elements and in that said second reactive loads are electrically connected to said second radiating elements.
17. Antenna structure according to-claim 2, wherein said first radiating elements andor said second radiating elements are arranged along a first closed path (A) andor along a second closed path (B) respectively.
18. Antenna structure according to-claim 3, wherein said first radiating elements andor said second radiating elements are arranged along a first closed path (A) andor along a second closed path (B) respectively.
19. Antenna structure according to-claim 4, wherein said first radiating elements andor said second radiating elements are arranged along a first closed path (A) andor along a second closed path (B) respectively.
20. Antenna structure according to-claim 1, wherein said second radiating elements have an electrical length much smaller than the wavelengths of the operating frequencies of said antenna structure.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method comprising:
receiving, via a computing system associated with a service provider, zone data that identifies a particular zone of a media playback system, wherein the zone data indicates a selection of the particular zone, and wherein the particular zone includes one or more playback devices;
identifying, via the computing system, audio content based on the zone data, wherein identifying audio content based on the zone data comprises determining that particular audio content is preferred in the particular zone and identifying audio content corresponding to the particular audio content that is preferred in the particular zone;
providing, via the computing system, an indication of the identified audio content to the media playback system;
receiving, via the computing system, data indicating one or more audio items that were selected from the identified audio content via the media playback system; and
providing, via the computing system to the media playback system, an indication of the one or more audio items that were selected from the identified audio content, the indication comprising respective sources from which the one or more audio items are retrievable by the media playback system.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the indication of the identified audio content to the media playback system comprises providing metadata associated with the identified audio content for display by a control device of the media playback system.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the zone data indicates a name of the particular zone associated with a playback device, wherein determining that particular audio content is preferred in the particular zone comprises determining that the name of the zone associated with the playback device indicates a particular type of room, and wherein identifying audio content corresponding to the particular audio content that is preferred in the particular zone comprises identifying audio content corresponding to the particular type of room.
4. The method of claim 4, wherein identifying audio content corresponding to the particular type of room comprises determining that playback of a particular genre of audio content is preferred in the particular type of room, and identifying audio content corresponding to the particular genre of audio content.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that particular audio content is preferred in the particular zone comprises determining, based on audio preference data, that playback of certain audio content is preferred in the particular zone at a given time of day; and wherein identifying audio content corresponding to the particular audio content that is preferred in the particular zone comprises identifying audio content that corresponds to the certain audio content that is preferred in the particular zone at the given time of day.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that particular audio content is preferred in the particular zone comprises determining that the particular zone is associated with respective content ratings of audio items, and wherein identifying audio content corresponding to the particular audio content that is preferred in the particular zone comprises identifying, based on the respective content ratings of audio items, audio content that has respective content ratings that exceed a threshold rating.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving audio preference data indicating one or more of: (i) particular audio items that have been played back via the one or more playback devices of the particular zone, (ii) respective content rankings of particular audio items that have been played back via the one or more playback devices of the particular zone; and (iii) favorite audio items associated with the particular zone;
wherein determining that particular audio content is preferred in the particular zone comprises determining that the audio preference data indicates that certain audio content is preferred in the particular zone, and wherein identifying audio content corresponding to the particular audio content that is preferred in the particular zone identifying media content corresponding to the certain audio content is preferred in the particular zone.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the zone data indicates that the particular zone is a first zone of a particular zone group that comprises the first zone and one or more particular second zones, wherein the one or more particular second zones comprise one or more respective playback devices and wherein identifying audio content based on the zone data comprises determining that particular audio content is preferred in the zone group when the first media playback system is in the zone group and identifying audio content corresponding to the particular audio content preferred when the first zone is in the particular zone group.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the zone data indicates that the particular zone is a first zone of a particular zone group that comprises the first zone and one or more particular second zones, wherein the one or more particular second zones comprise one or more respective playback devices, wherein determining that particular audio content is preferred in the particular zone comprises determining that particular audio content is preferred in the zone group when the first media playback system is in the zone group, and wherein identifying audio content corresponding to the particular audio content that is preferred in the particular zone comprises identifying audio content corresponding to the particular audio content preferred when the first zone is in the particular zone group.
10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by one or more processors to cause a computing system to perform operations comprising:
receiving, via one or more network interfaces, zone data that identifies a particular zone of a media playback system, wherein the zone data indicates a selection of the particular zone, and wherein the particular zone includes one or more playback devices;
identifying audio content based on the zone data, wherein identifying audio content based on the zone data comprises determining that particular audio content is preferred in the particular zone and identifying audio content corresponding to the particular audio content that is preferred in the particular zone;
providing, via the one or more network interfaces, an indication of the identified audio content to the media playback system;
receiving, via the one or more network interfaces, data indicating one or more audio items that were selected from the identified audio content via the media playback system; and
providing, via the one or more network interfaces to the media playback system, an indication of the one or more audio items that were selected from the identified audio content, the indication comprising respective sources from which the one or more audio items are retrievable by the media playback system.
11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein providing the indication of the identified audio content to the media playback system comprises providing metadata associated with the identified audio content for display by a control device of the media playback system.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the zone data indicates a name of the particular zone associated with a playback device, wherein determining that particular audio content is preferred in the particular zone comprises determining that the name of the zone associated with the playback device indicates a particular type of room, and wherein identifying audio content corresponding to the particular audio content that is preferred in the particular zone comprises identifying audio content corresponding to the particular type of MOM.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein identifying audio content corresponding to the particular type of room comprises determining that playback of a particular genre of audio content is preferred in the particular type of room, and identifying audio content corresponding to the particular genre of audio content.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein determining that particular audio content is preferred in the particular zone comprises determining, based on audio preference data, that playback of certain audio content is preferred in the particular zone at a given time of day; and wherein identifying audio content corresponding to the particular audio content that is preferred in the particular zone comprises identifying audio content that corresponds to the certain audio content that is preferred in the particular zone at the given time of day.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein determining that particular audio content is preferred in the particular zone comprises determining that the particular zone is associated with respective content ratings of audio items, and wherein identifying audio content corresponding to the particular audio content that is preferred in the particular zone comprises identifying, based on the respective content ratings of audio items, audio content that has respective content ratings that exceed a threshold rating.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise receiving audio preference data indicating one or more of: (i) particular audio items that have been played back via the one or more playback devices of the particular zone, (ii) respective content rankings of particular audio items that have been played back via the one or more playback devices of the particular zone; and (iii) favorite audio items associated with the particular zone, and wherein determining that particular audio content is preferred in the particular zone comprises determining that the audio preference data indicates that certain audio content is preferred in the particular zone, and wherein identifying audio content corresponding to the particular audio content that is preferred in the particular zone identifying media content corresponding to the certain audio content is preferred in the particular zone.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the zone data indicates that the particular zone is a first zone of a particular zone group that comprises the first zone and one or more particular second zones, wherein the one or more particular second zones comprise one or more respective playback devices and wherein identifying audio content based on the zone data comprises determining that particular audio content is preferred in the zone group when the first media playback system is in the zone group and identifying audio content corresponding to the particular audio content preferred when the first zone is in the particular zone group.
18. A computing system configured to:
receive, via one or more network interfaces, zone data that identifies a particular zone of a media playback system, wherein the zone data indicates a selection of the particular zone, and wherein the particular zone includes one or more playback devices;
identify audio content based on the zone data, wherein identifying audio content based on the zone data comprises determining that particular audio content is preferred in the particular zone and identifying audio content corresponding to the particular audio content that is preferred in the particular zone;
provide, via the one or more network interfaces, an indication of the identified audio content to the media playback system;
receive, via the one or more network interfaces, data indicating one or more audio items that were selected from the identified audio content via the media playback system; and
provide, via the one or more network interfaces to the media playback system, an indication of the one or more audio items that were selected from the identified audio content, the indication comprising respective sources from which the one or more audio items are retrievable by the media playback system.
19. The computing system of claim 18, wherein providing the indication of the identified audio content to the media playback system comprises providing metadata associated with the identified audio content for display by a control device of the media playback system.
20. The computing system of claim 18, wherein the zone data indicates a name of the particular zone associated with a playback device, wherein determining that particular audio content is preferred in the particular zone comprises determining that the name of the zone associated with the playback device indicates a particular type of room, and wherein identifying audio content corresponding to the particular audio content that is preferred in the particular zone comprises identifying audio content corresponding to the particular type of room.