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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Sheen, Brighton, MA (US);
Steven Bechardt, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Jeffrey Peters, Leominster, MA (US);
Assignee:
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/233 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/2387 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4305 (2013.01); H04N 21/2335 (2013.01); H04N 21/2387 (2013.01); H04N 21/4394 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are playback devices, groups of playback devices, and methods of operating playback devices and groupings thereof, wherein individual playback devices are configured to detect and correct clock rate drift by synchronizing a clock rate and perhaps clock time of a local clock to a remote time source.