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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2014
Applicants:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Network Entertainment International Llc, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventors:
Charles McCoy, Coronado, CA (US);
True Xiong, San Diego, CA (US);
Francis Van Aeken, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various aspects of a system and a method for playback in a wireless speaker system are disclosed herein. Each of a plurality of speakers in the system is operable to wirelessly receive one or more audio files from one or more audio source devices. The one or more audio source devices transmit the one or more audio files to at least one of the plurality of speakers in response to receipt of an acknowledgement of availability of at least one of the plurality of speakers.