Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device group identification
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Application No.: US15918934Application Date: 2018-03-12
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Publication No.: US10241742B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: Arthur L. Coburn, IV
- Applicant: Sonos, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/16
- IPC: G06F3/16 ; G06F17/30 ; H04R27/00 ; H04N21/482

Abstract:
Method and systems are provided for identification of device groups in a network. In an example implementation, a first playback device, while in a first zone group comprising the playback device, the first zone group having a group identification identifying the first zone group, receives an instruction to form a zone group with one or more second playback devices. In response, the first playback device forms a second zone group with the one or more second playback devices. Forming the second zone group involves determining a group identification identifying the second zone group and determining a display name representing the second zone group. In response, the first playback device causes a controller device to update a control interface for the media playback system to display an indication of the second zone group, the indication of the second zone group comprising the determined display name.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180275949A1 Device Group Identification Public/Granted day:2018-09-27
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