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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2024
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Nicholas D'amato, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Dayn Wilberding, Portland, OR (US);
Aurelio Ramos, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Daniel Jones, London, GB;
Steven Beckhardt, Boston, MA (US);
Gregory Mcallister, London, GB;
Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
Generative media content (e.g., generative audio) can be played back across multiple playback devices concurrently. A coordinator device can receive a multi-channel stream of media content, with at least some channels comprising generative media content. The coordinator device transmits each of the channels to a plurality of playback devices. A first playback device plays back a first subset of the channels according to first playback responsibilities and a second playback device plays back a second subset of the channels according to second playback responsibilities. The first and/or second playback responsibilities can be dynamically modified over time, for example in response to one or more input parameters.