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Patent No.:

US 12777279 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 01, 2023

Default playback device designation

Applicant:

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

Inventor:

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

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Lun-See Lao

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/14 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 21/02 (2013.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/162 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G10L 15/14 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); H04L 12/2803 (2013.01); H04L 12/2809 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04R 29/007 (2013.01); H04S 7/301 (2013.01); H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01); G10L 21/02 (2013.01); H04L 2012/2849 (2013.01); H04R 2227/003 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods discussed herein involve designating a default playback device in a local playback network. One method may involve determining that a networked microphone device is available for assignment to one or more playback zones within a local playback network, displaying a prompt to indicate at least one playback zone to which the network microphone device is to be assigned, receiving an input indicating a particular playback zone in the local playback system to which the network microphone device is to be assigned, and storing data indicating an assignment of the network microphone device to the particular playback zone.

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