Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Concurrent transmission and playback of audio information
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Application No.: US13864249Application Date: 2013-04-17
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Publication No.: US11080001B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Nicholas A. J. Millington
- Applicant: SONOS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Assignee: SONOS, INC.
- Current Assignee: SONOS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Agency: Akerman LLP
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; G06F3/16 ; H04N21/43 ; H04N21/436 ; H04L29/06 ; G06F16/60 ; G06F16/63 ; G06F16/638 ; G06F16/68 ; G06F16/23 ; G06F16/635 ; G05B15/02 ; G06F1/00 ; G06F1/12 ; G06F3/048 ; G06F3/0482 ; G06F3/0484 ; G06F17/00 ; H03G3/00 ; H03G3/20 ; H04L12/28 ; H04L29/08 ; H04W84/20 ; H04J3/06 ; H04R27/00 ; H04R3/12 ; H04H20/10 ; H04H20/26 ; G11B20/10 ; H04N5/04 ; H04N9/79 ; H04W56/00

Abstract:
In a network comprising a plurality of synchrony groups, including at least a first synchrony group and a second synchrony group, wherein a first zone player is a member of the first synchrony group and a second zone player is a member of the second synchrony group, a method comprising: transmitting, by the first zone player while the first zone player is playing a first audio information, a second audio information to the second zone player, wherein the second audio information is different from the first audio information; and playing, by the second synchrony group, the second audio information while the first synchrony group is playing the first audio information.
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