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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2020
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Simon Jarvis, Cambridge, MA (US);
Romi Kadri, Cambridge, MA (US);
Paul Andrew Bates, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Luis Vega-Zayas, Arlington, MA (US);
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a first playback device is configured to: (i) play back first audio content in synchrony with a second playback device, (ii) receive, via a network interface, a message indicating second audio content to be output by the first playback device, and (iii) in response to receiving the message indicating the second audio content: (a) cease playing back the first audio content in synchrony with the second playback device; (b) play back the second audio content while the second playback device plays back the first audio content; and (c) after playing back the second audio content, resume playing back the first audio content in synchrony with the second playback device.