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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2018
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Seth David Goldstein, Boston, MA (US);
Greg Ramsperger, Somerville, MA (US);
Michael Agerbak, Arlington, MA (US);
Arthur L. Coburn, IV, Lexington, MA (US);
Andy Mellors, Boston, MA (US);
Nikit Waghela, Boston, MA (US);
Steve Beckhardt, Boston, MA (US);
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for controlling multi-site media playback systems include, among other features, a computing system (i) receiving, from a first media playback device connected to a first network, a first registration message, (ii) in response to receiving the first registration message, assigning a system identifier and a first subsystem identifier to the first media playback device, (iii) receiving, from a second media playback device connected to the first network, a second registration message, (iv) in response to receiving the second registration message, assigning the system identifier and the first subsystem identifier to the second media playback device, (v) determining that the second media playback device is disconnected from the first network and connected to a second network, and (vi) in response to determining that the second media playback device is connected to the second network, assigning a second subsystem identifier to the second media playback device.