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Patent No.:

US 11467800 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2020

Playback expansion

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Benjamin Fullerton, Oakland, CA (US);

Ingve Holmung, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:

Fortern IP LLP

Benjamin M. Urban

Primary Examiner:

Barbara B Anyan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 65/1083 (2022.01); H04L 65/1069 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 65/401 (2022.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 65/1083 (2013.01); H04L 65/4015 (2013.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04R 29/007 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04R 2420/03 (2013.01);
Abstract

Examples described herein involve expanding playback of a media item from a first playback device to a second playback device. In one example, while a first playback device is playing a media item as part of a first zone, the first playback device identifies that a second playback device has moved to a location that is within a given physical proximity of the first playback. The first playback device determines that playback is to be expanded to the second playback device, and transmits a command to cause the second playback device to (i) join the first zone and (ii) begin to play the media item in synchrony with the first playback device.

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Fullerton, Benjamin. (2022). Playback expansion (U.S. Patent No. 11467800). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11467800

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