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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2015
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Michael Agerbak, Cambridge, MA (US);
Nicholas A. J. Millington, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Jeffrey Peters, Cambridge, MA (US);
Steven R. Beckhardt, Boston, MA (US);
Sonos, Inc., Sant Barbara, CA (US);
Abstract
An example method includes connecting, by wireless device, to a first network device, wherein the first network device provides a connection to a playback network; adding the connection via the first network device to a list of available network connections; sending, to a second network device via the first network device, command(s) to control playback by the second network device; identifying additional available connection(s) to the playback network within range of the wireless device, wherein the additional available connection(s) include a connection via the second network device; determining that the connection to the second network device is preferred over the connection via the first network device based on characteristic(s); based on the determination that the connection via the second network device is preferred, connecting to the playback network via the second network device; and sending, to the second network device, additional command(s) to control playback by the second network device.