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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. 29, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Jeffrey Torgerson, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Paul Bates, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Matt Welch, Cambridge, MA (US);

Sanford Spivey, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Ryan Taylor, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04N 21/43074 (2020.08); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein include one or more playback devices, server systems, and/or computing devices, individually or in combination determining that an item is present within an area comprising a playback device, wherein the item has corresponding media content associated therewith, and in response to determining that the item is present within the area comprising the playback device, causing the playback device to play the media content corresponding to the item, wherein the media content comprises one or both of audio content or video content.


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