Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Media content based on playback zone awareness
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Application No.: US15339427Application Date: 2016-10-31
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Publication No.: US09723418B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Kristen Bender , Ron Kuper
- 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: H04R27/00
- IPC: H04R27/00 ; H04R5/04 ; H04R29/00 ; H04R3/12 ; G06F3/16 ; H04N21/436 ; H04N21/442 ; H04N21/475

Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for providing media content based on playback zone awareness. In one aspect a server associated with a service provider may be configured to receive zone data identifying a name of a zone associated with a playback device, identify, based on the zone data, media content based on the zone data, and provide the media content to the playback device. In another aspect, a playback device may be configured to associate the playback device with a zone, and provide to a service provider zone data identifying a name of the zone associated with the playback device. In yet another aspect, a controller device may be configured to receive an input identifying a playback zone, and sending to a service provider, a message including zone data identifying the playback zone.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170048632A1 Media Content Based on Playback Zone Awareness Public/Granted day:2017-02-16
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