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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:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2022
Applicant:
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Nicholas D'Amato, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/233 (2011.01); H04N 21/2387 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/233 (2013.01); H04N 21/2387 (2013.01); H04N 21/439 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are computing devices, including playback devices, that are configured to communicate data, such as audio data, to any number of target devices by dynamically taking into account the relevant context relating to the data to be communicated, the capabilities of the target devices, the states of communication links, and other contextual information.