Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for networked music playback
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Application No.: US16389906Application Date: 2019-04-19
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Publication No.: US10779033B2Publication Date: 2020-09-15
- Inventor: Arthur Coburn, IV , Joni Rafalski Hoadley
- Applicant: SONOS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Main IPC: H04N21/436
- IPC: H04N21/436 ; H04N21/472 ; H04N21/485 ; H04N21/81 ; H04N21/658 ; G06F3/0481 ; G06F3/0484 ; G06F3/16 ; G11B19/02 ; H04L29/06 ; H04R3/12 ; H04N21/439 ; H04N21/61 ; H04N21/643 ; H04N21/6587 ; H04N21/43 ; H04N21/433 ; H04N21/858

Abstract:
An example computing device in a first mode is configured for playback of given audio content. While in the first mode, the computing device displays a representation of one or more playback devices in a media playback system that are available to accept playback responsibility for the given audio content and receives user input indicating a selection of a given playback device. The computing device transmits an instruction for playback responsibility to be transferred to the given playback device such that i) an identifier of the given audio content and a playback position for the given audio content are provided to the given playback device and ii) the given playback device becomes configured for playback of the given audio content. The computing device transitions from the first mode to a second mode in which the computing device is configured to control the given playback device's playback of the given audio content.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190332349A1 Systems and Methods for Networked Music Playback Public/Granted day:2019-10-31
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