Patent 9947316 was granted and assigned to Sonos, Inc. on April, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A voice input comprising a command word, one or more media variable instances, and one or more zone variable instances is received. A media playback system command which corresponds to the command word is determined. Media content which corresponds to the one or more media variable instances is identified. The media playback system is caused to execute the media playback system command on the media content based on the one or more zone variable instances.