Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Grouping in a system with multiple media playback protocols
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Application No.: US16853429Application Date: 2020-04-20
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Publication No.: US11051048B2Publication Date: 2021-06-29
- Inventor: Arthur L. Coburn, IV , Jeffrey Torgerson , Robert A. Lambourne
- 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: H04N21/218
- IPC: H04N21/218 ; H04L29/06 ; G06F3/16 ; H04N21/43 ; H04N21/81 ; H04L12/28 ; H04N21/4363 ; H04L12/18 ; H04N21/2381 ; H04N21/436 ; H04N21/2668 ; H04L29/08 ; H04R27/00

Abstract:
A network media system forms a group comprising a first networked device and a second networked device using a first media playback protocol. The network media system includes the first networked device and the second networked device. The network media system determines a group coordinator for the group using the first media playback protocol. The network media system transmits, to a media source device, a group network identity using a second media playback protocol. The media source device and one of the first networked device and the second networked device are configured to use the first media playback protocol and the second media playback protocol. The first media playback protocol and the second media playback protocol are incompatible.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200252660A1 GROUPING IN A SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE MEDIA PLAYBACK PROTOCOLS Public/Granted day:2020-08-06
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