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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:
Aug. 04, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 05, 2018
Applicant:

Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Richard Jackson, Boston, MA (US);

Andrew Lindley, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/436 (2011.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); H04N 21/4307 (2013.01); H04N 21/44227 (2013.01); H04L 2012/2841 (2013.01); H04L 2012/2849 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein address technical challenges arising when configuring a playback device and a display device to interoperate with each other in an entertainment system. Some embodiments include a playback device (i) receiving data from a display device connected to the playback device, (ii) sending a request for configuration instructions to a cloud computing system, wherein the request comprises the data received from the display device, and (iii) in response to sending the data received from the display device to the cloud computing system, receiving configuration instructions from the cloud computing system, wherein the configuration instructions are associated with the display device connected to the playback device.


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