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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2024
Applicant:

Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher Kallai, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Jonathan P. Lang, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Craig Wisneski, Cambridge, MA (US);

Jonathon Reilly, Cambridge, MA (US);

Seamus Daly, Marblehead, MA (US);

Todd Mansfield, Arlington, VA (US);

Assignee:

Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H01Q 3/24 (2006.01); H03G 5/16 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/24 (2013.01); G06F 3/162 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H03G 5/165 (2013.01); H04B 7/0834 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04R 29/007 (2013.01); H04S 7/302 (2013.01); H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04R 2227/003 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04S 7/307 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for position-based playback of multichannel audio. Some embodiments include (i) receiving, via a network interface of a first playback device, an indication of a position of a second playback device, (ii) determining, based on the received indication of the position of the second playback device, an audio characteristic of the first playback device, and (iii) playing back, via one or more transducers associated with the first playback device, a first portion of media content according to the determined audio characteristic in substantial synchrony with playback, via the second playback device, of a second portion of the media content.


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