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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:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
May. 27, 2024
Applicant:
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sein Woo, Somerville, MA (US);
Liesbeth Van Den Berg, Medford, MA (US);
Roy Pollock, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/162 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04N 21/4307 (2013.01); H04N 21/43076 (2020.08); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/439 (2013.01); H04N 21/4852 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example implementation may involve a media playback system detecting two or more playback devices of a given type. The implementation may further involve transmitting, to a particular playback device of the detected playback devices, an instruction that causes the particular playback device to emit a given sound. The implementation may also involve receiving an identification of the particular playback device and displaying, via a graphical interface, one or more prompts to join the particular playback device into the media playback system.