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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2015
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Luis R. Vega-Zayas, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kristen Johansen, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Paul Bates, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Abhishek Kumar, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Abstract
In an example implementation, a first playback device associates with a first playback queue that identifies items for playback by the first playback device. The first playback device receives an instruction to enter a playback group with a second playback device which is associated with a second playback queue that identifies one or more items for playback by the second playback device. The first playback device enters the playback group with the second playback device. The first playback device is configured to play items from the second playback queue in synchrony with the second playback device while in the playback group. The first playback device receives an instruction to leave the playback group and leaves the playback group. Leaving the playback group involves automatically associating the first playback device with a third playback queue that identifies items for playback by the first playback device.