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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2023
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Hrishikesh Gossain, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Gary Fox, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Jeff Derderian, Ashburn, VA (US);
Jeffrey Peters, Cambridge, MA (US);
Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
A first playback device is configured to (1) determine, based on a group configuration of a synchrony group including the first playback device and a second playback device, that the first playback device, and not the second playback device, is to operate as a group coordinator for the synchrony group, wherein the group coordinator transmits audio content and playback timing information, (2) begin to operate as the group coordinator, (3) while operating as the group coordinator, determine respective battery state variable values for the first and second playback devices, (4) based on the respective battery state variable values, determine that a computing device other than the first playback device is to operate as the group coordinator, and (5) based on the determining, (i) discontinue operating as the group coordinator and (ii) cause the computing device to operate as the group coordinator instead of the first playback device.