Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Management of media content playback
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Application No.: US16812711Application Date: 2020-03-09
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Publication No.: US10971185B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Yean-Nian W. Chen
- Applicant: Sonos, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/00
- IPC: G06F17/00 ; G11B20/10 ; G11B27/00 ; G06F3/16 ; H04R27/00 ; H04L29/06 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
Example techniques may involve managing playback of media content by a playback device. In an example implementation, a playback device receives, via the network interface from a control device of the media playback system, an instruction to queue a container of audio tracks into a queue for playback by the playback device, wherein the container of audio tracks and consists of: (a) an album, (b) a playlist, or (c) an internet radio station. While the playback device is playing back the queue and before each audio track of the playlist is played back, the playback device determines whether the respective audio track is associated with a negative preference. If the respective audio track is associated with the negative preference, the playback device advances playback over the respective audio track to the next audio track within the queue.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200312367A1 Management of Media Content Playback Public/Granted day:2020-10-01
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