Patent ID: 9521212
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A playback device comprising: a network interface comprising at least one of (i) a wired network interface or (ii) a wireless network interface; a processor; and maintaining data indicating (i) a first user account for a streaming media service provider and (ii) a first priority indicator corresponding to the first user account; receiving, via the network interface from one or more control devices that are configured to control playback by the playback device, data indicating a second user account for the streaming media service provider; based on the received data indicating the second user account for the streaming media service provider, determining a second priority indicator corresponding to the second user account; causing to be stored, data indicating (i) the second user account for the streaming media service provider and (ii) the second priority indicator corresponding to the second user account; identifying a particular user account from among the first user account and the second user account based at least one of (i) the first priority indicator corresponding to the first user account and (ii) the second priority indicator corresponding to the second user account; receiving, via the network interface from a given control device of the one or more control devices, an instruction to play particular audio content from the streaming media service provider; and based on receiving the instruction to play the particular audio content, playing back the particular audio content from the streaming media service provider via at least one speaker, wherein playing back audio content from the streaming media service provider comprises obtaining, via the network interface, the particular audio content from the streaming media service provider using credentials of the particular user account, and wherein the at least one speaker is (a) housed in the playback device or (b) physically coupled to the playback device.