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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:
Mar. 01, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Christopher Kallai, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Robert A. Lambourne, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Robert Reimann, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Mark Triplett, St. Charles, IL (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2019.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H03G 3/20 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H03G 3/30 (2006.01); H03G 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/12 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H03G 3/20 (2013.01); H03G 3/3005 (2013.01); H03G 5/165 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04S 7/30 (2013.01); H04R 2227/003 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04R 2420/01 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04S 2400/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present application discloses playback devices and networks, software for operating playback devices and playback device networks, and methods of operating playback devices and networks, where an individual network device is configured to switch between operating various operating modes comprising a non-paired mode and a paired mode, where the playback device is configured to output various channels of audio content within various audio frequency ranges while operating in the various operating modes.


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