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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 03, 2014
Applicant:

Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);

Inventor:

Matthew Bennion, Dana Point, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of a content selection system are disclosed, wherein the system is configured to obtain location information from a plurality of computing devices. The content selection system identifies a selection of computing devices that are within a set distance (e.g., within viewing and/or listening distance) from a networked, media playback device. The content selection system determines media content preferences of users associated with the selection of computing devices. The content selection system select a first media content for playback on the networked media player based at least partly on the media content preferences of the users.


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