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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hrishikesh Gossain, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Lawrence Stefani, Andover, MA (US);
Benjamin Rappoport, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sonos Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
Examples described herein involve networking in a media playback system. In one aspect, an access point may prevent two or more grouped playback devices from being steered to different networks. In another aspect, an access point may operate as a sleep proxy for a playback device. In a third aspect, an example system may include a fixture configured to receive a bulb. Example bulbs include sound bulbs with one or more audio transducers and access point bulbs, among other examples.