Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Networked playback device
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Application No.: US16166518Application Date: 2018-10-22
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Publication No.: US10853023B2Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- Inventor: Nicholas A. J. Millington , Tom Cullen , Robert Reimann , Brent Lehman
- 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: G06F17/00
- IPC: G06F17/00 ; G06F3/16 ; H03G3/10 ; H03G3/30 ; G11B27/10 ; H02B1/00 ; H04R3/00 ; H04R3/12 ; H04R27/00

Abstract:
An example playback device includes a first interface for receiving a first audio signal from a first audio source; a second interface for receiving a second audio signal from a second audio source; and a processor configured to: cause the playback device to playback the second audio signal; determine that the first audio signal is present at the first interface; in response to determining that the first audio signal is present at the first interface, (i) cease playback of the second audio signal being played by the playback device and (ii) cause the playback device to playback the first audio signal; receive an instruction to stop the playback device from playing the first audio signal while the first audio signal is still present at the first interface; and arm the playback device such that a subsequent presence of the first audio signal at the first interface causes the playback device to play the first audio signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190121604A1 Networked Playback Device Public/Granted day:2019-04-25
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