Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Headphone interaction with media playback system
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Application No.: US17385564Application Date: 2021-07-26
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Publication No.: US11641539B2Publication Date: 2023-05-02
- Inventor: Eric Clayton , Charles Alessi
- Applicant: Sonos, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Agency: Fortem IP LLP
- Agent Benjamin M. Urban
- Main IPC: H04R1/10
- IPC: H04R1/10 ; G06F3/16 ; G06F3/0482 ; H04R27/00

Abstract:
Example techniques may involve headphone interaction. An implementation may include while headphones are disconnected from a control device, the control device receiving an indication of particular audio content being played back by a first zone of the media playback system. While the particular audio content is being played back by the one or more playback devices of the media playback system, detecting that headphones have been connected to the first control device. Headphones may be connectable to the control device via either (a) an analog headphone jack or (b) a point-to-point personal area network connection. In response to detecting that the headphones are connected to the control device: the control device (i) causing the one or more playback devices of the first zone to stop playback of the particular audio content; (ii) retrieving the particular audio content and (iii) resuming playback of the particular audio content via the connected headphones.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220095037A1 Headphone Interaction with Media Playback System Public/Granted day:2022-03-24
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