Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Providing a multi-channel and a multi-zone audio environment
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Application No.: US16102695Application Date: 2018-08-13
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Publication No.: US10721575B2Publication Date: 2020-07-21
- Inventor: Simon Jarvis , Hilmar Lehnert , Aurelio Rafael Ramos , Luis Vega
- 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: H04R29/00
- IPC: H04R29/00 ; H04J3/06 ; H04R27/00 ; H04S3/00 ; H04B7/24

Abstract:
A multi-channel and multi-zone audio environment is provided. Various inventions are disclosed that allow playback devices on one or more networks to provide an effective multi-channel and a multi-zone audio environment using timing information. According to one example, timing information is used to coordinate playback devices connected over a low-latency network to provide audio along with a video display. In another example, timing information is used to coordinate playback devices connected over a mesh network to provide audio in one or more zones or zone groups.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190098421A1 Providing a Multi-Channel and a Multi-Zone Audio Environment Public/Granted day:2019-03-28
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