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Patent No.:

US 9965243 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2016

Playback expansion

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Benjamin Fullerton, Oakland, CA (US);

Ingve Holmung, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Primary Examiner:

Tan X Dinh

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G11B 27/10 (2006.01); G11B 27/00 (2006.01); G11B 23/04 (2006.01); G11B 20/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G11B 27/10 (2013.01); H04L 7/00 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/4524 (2013.01); H04N 21/8113 (2013.01); G11B 20/10 (2013.01); G11B 23/049 (2013.01); G11B 27/002 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01);
Abstract

Examples described herein involve expanding playback of a media item from one playback device to another playback device. In an example implementation, while a first playback device is part of a first zone, the first playback device identifies that a second playback device has moved to a location that is within a given physical proximity of the first playback device. The first playback device determines that playback is to be expanded from the second playback device, and responsively, joins the a second zone that comprises the second playback device and initiates playback of media in synchrony with the second playback device.

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Fullerton, Benjamin. (2018). Playback expansion (U.S. Patent No. 9965243). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9965243

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