Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Immersive audio in a media playback system
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Application No.: US16779639Application Date: 2020-02-02
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Publication No.: US10911507B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Jonathan Lang
- 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: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; G06F3/16 ; H04N21/436 ; H04N21/81 ; H04S3/00 ; H04S7/00 ; H04N21/43 ; H04N21/4363 ; H04N21/431

Abstract:
Embodiments described herein involve an auxiliary zone contributing audio to a primary zone. In an example implementation, a network media system determines that a first zone in the network media system is playing back a first type of audio content and that a second zone in the network media system is not playing back audio content. While the first zone is playing back the first type of audio content and the second zone is not playing back audio content, the network media system forms a temporarily playback configuration. In the temporary playback configuration, the first zone plays back primary audio content including full frequency range audio content and the second playback device of the second zone plays back auxiliary audio content including low frequency range audio content.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200244715A1 Immersive Audio in a Media Playback System Public/Granted day:2020-07-30
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