Sonos, Inc.

Jillian Garber

Arthur L Coburn, Iv

Lee Keyser-Allen

A control device is configured to (i) define configuration data corresponding to a zone scene of a media playback system, the configuration data including an identification of at least a first zone player and a second zone player, (ii) cause a remote computing device to (a) receive the configuration data via a wide area network and (b) store the configuration data, (iii) while the first zone player and a third zone player are playing back first audio content in synchrony, display a selectable indication that, when selected, causes the zone scene to be invoked, and (iv) in response to receiving an input indicative of a selection of the selectable indication, cause the remote computing device to invoke the zone scene at the media playback system such that the first zone player and the second zone player play back second audio content in synchrony without the third zone player.

Multiple groupings in a playback system

The examples provided herein involve multiple groups in a playback system. An example method involves, based on receiving one or more inputs defining a zone scene of a media playback system that comprises a plurality of zone players, defining configuration data corresponding to the zone scene, wherein the configuration data comprises an identification of at least a first zone player and a second zone player. The method further involves causing a remote computing device to store the configuration data and presenting a user-interface element that, when selected via the user interface, causes the zone scene to be invoked. The method additionally involves, in response to receiving an input indicative of a selection of the user-interface element, causing the remote computing device to invoke the zone scene at the media playback system such that the first zone player and the second zone player playback audio content in synchrony.

The examples provided herein involve multiple groups in a playback system. An example method involves facilitating storage of a configuration of multiple zone groups as a multi-zone scene of a media playback system, the media playback system including at least a first zone group including at least two zone players and a second zone group, a user interface of a controller presenting at least an indication of (1) the first zone group, (2) the second zone group, and (3) a multi-zone group scene creation command. The method involves generating, based on a detected triggering of the multi-zone group scene creation command, a multi-zone scene configuration including stored configuration data for the first zone group and the second zone group to instantiate the multi-zone scene based on identified parameters associated with the captured configuration of the multiple zone groups of the media playback system, the parameters including (1) zone players currently associated with the first zone group and the second zone group, and (2) an indication that the first zone group and the second zone group belong to the multi-zone group scene, and transmitting the configuration data to at least a first zone player in the first zone group for subsequent instantiation of the multi-zone group scene.

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