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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey M. Peters, Cambridge, MA (US);
Gary Fox, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/20 (2006.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/4363 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04B 1/20 (2013.01); H04N 21/439 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/43637 (2013.01); H04N 21/442 (2013.01); H04N 21/44209 (2013.01); H04N 21/44227 (2013.01); H04N 21/44231 (2013.01); G06F 17/3074 (2013.01); H04L 12/2838 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04R 29/007 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments are provided for wireless radio switching in a playback device. An example playback device includes an audio interface to communicate audio information. The example playback device also includes a radio manager to determine, while the playback device is in a bonded zone, that the playback device is not playing audio based on the audio information. The radio manager to also disable communicating via a wireless radio of the playback device when the playback device is not playing audio.