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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2023
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Arthur Coburn, IV, Lexington, MA (US);
Joni Rafalski Hoadley, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
A first network device is configured to (i) receive, using a first communication protocol, first media content from a second network device, (ii) transmit, using a second communication protocol, the first media content to a third network device, (iii) cause the third network device to play back the first media content, (iv) receive second media content from a fourth network device, (v) receive, via a microphone, microphone data, (vi) while transmitting the first media content to the third network device and causing the third network device to play back the first media content, play back the second media content via an audio transducer, and (vii) while transmitting the first media content to the third network device and causing the third network device to play back the first media content, transmit, to the fourth network device, audio content corresponding to the received microphone data.