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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2022
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Dayn Wilberding, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Chris Bierbower, Portland, WA (US);
Mish Fabok, Portland, OR (US);
J D Hooge, Portland, OR (US);
Tristan Wood, Portland, OR (US);
Chip Truex, Portland, OR (US);
Christopher Butts, Evanston, IL (US);
Paul Bates, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for use in a media playback system comprising one or more playback devices are disclosed, where a playback device has a corresponding first set of device attributes used by a first controller application. The methods include: (i) identifying a second set of device attributes used by a second controller application to control the playback device, (ii) selecting a second device attribute for the playback device from the second set of device attributes based at least in part on a first device attribute; (iii) storing the selected second device attribute in the first set of device attributes; and (iv) controlling at least one function of the playback device using the selected second device attribute.