US 11,928,151 B2
Playback of media content according to media preferences
Maarten van der Heide, Goleta, CA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/808,148.
Application 17/808,148 is a continuation of application No. 17/135,052, filed on Dec. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,372,916.
Application 17/135,052 is a continuation of application No. 16/794,699, filed on Feb. 19, 2020, granted, now 10,878,026, issued on Dec. 29, 2020.
Application 16/794,699 is a continuation of application No. 16/182,993, filed on Nov. 7, 2018, granted, now 10,572,535, issued on Feb. 25, 2020.
Application 16/182,993 is a continuation of application No. 15/338,816, filed on Oct. 31, 2016, granted, now 10,133,817, issued on Nov. 20, 2018.
Application 15/338,816 is a continuation of application No. 14/263,750, filed on Apr. 28, 2014, granted, now 9,524,338, issued on Dec. 20, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0391439 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/635 (2019.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 16/60 (2019.01); G06F 16/638 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/637 (2019.01) [G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G06F 16/60 (2019.01); G06F 16/639 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing system comprising:
a communications interface;
at least one processor; and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
after receipt, via the communications interface, of data representing a request to play back a curated playlist of a streaming media service at a playback device of a media playback system, cause the playback device to play back media items of the curated playlist using a user account of the streaming media service, wherein each media item is associated with metadata identifying the media item;
during playback of the curated playlist by the playback device and before the playback device plays back a particular media item of the curated playlist, determine that a preference database includes a negative preference for at least one aspect of the metadata associated with the particular media item, wherein the preference database is associated with the user account; and
after the computing system determines that the preference database includes the negative preference, cause the playback device to skip the particular media item when playback of a preceding media item in the curated playlist finishes, wherein the playback device is configured to play back media items of the curated playlist if the preference database excludes a corresponding negative preference.