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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2022
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Lee Keyser-Allen, Medford, MA (US);
Jillian Garber, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Arthur L. Coburn, IV, Lexington, MA (US);
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Abstract
A control device is configured to (i) define configuration data corresponding to a zone scene of a media playback system, the configuration data including an identification of at least a first zone player and a second zone player, (ii) cause a remote computing device to (a) receive the configuration data via a wide area network and (b) store the configuration data, (iii) while the first zone player and a third zone player are playing back first audio content in synchrony, display a selectable indication that, when selected, causes the zone scene to be invoked, and (iv) in response to receiving an input indicative of a selection of the selectable indication, cause the remote computing device to invoke the zone scene at the media playback system such that the first zone player and the second zone player play back second audio content in synchrony without the third zone player.