US 12,248,510 B2
Playback of media content according to media preferences
Maarten van der Heide, Goleta, CA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/422,905.
Application 18/422,905 is a continuation of application No. 17/808,148, filed on Jun. 22, 2022, granted, now 11,928,151.
Application 17/808,148 is a continuation of application No. 17/135,052, filed on Dec. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,372,916, issued on Jun. 28, 2022.
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 2024/0160664 A1, May 16, 2024
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:
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:
receive, from a media service, a first indication that a media item is available to be played back by a media playback system;
based on preference information indicating a positive preference for the media item, cause the media playback system to play back the media item;
a period of time after receiving the first indication, receive a second indication that the media item is available to be played back by the media playback system;
determine that the period of time is shorter than a threshold period of time; and
based on the determination that the period of time is shorter than the threshold period of time, forgo causing the media playback system to play back the media item.