Patent ID: 9478247
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G06F,G11B,H04L,H04R

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: maintaining, via a computing device, a plurality of user accounts that are associated with a given media playback system, the given media playback system comprising a playback device that is different from the computing device; receiving, via the computing device, user data identifying a particular set of user accounts that are currently interfacing with the given media playback system via respective control devices that are different from the playback device, wherein the plurality of user accounts includes the user accounts of the particular set; receiving, via the computing device, media data identifying a particular media item to be played by the playback device; identifying, via the computing device from a preference database, for at least one of the particular set of user accounts that are currently interfacing with the given media playback system, preference data associated with the particular media item; determining, via the computing device, that identified preference data indicates a negative preference for the particular media item; and preventing, via the computing device, the playback device from playing back the particular media item.