Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pair volume control
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Application No.: US14806070Application Date: 2015-07-22
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Publication No.: US09766853B2Publication Date: 2017-09-19
- Inventor: Christopher Kallai , Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson , 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
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/16
- IPC: G06F3/16 ; H04S3/00 ; H04R27/00 ; G11B19/02 ; H04N21/43 ; H04N21/436 ; H04N21/4363 ; H04N21/81 ; H04N21/485 ; G06F3/0484 ; H04S7/00 ; G06F17/30

Abstract:
An example method includes, based on an adjustment to a first displayed volume control, instructing the first playback device to adjust playback volume level; based on an adjustment to a second displayed volume control, instructing the second playback device to adjust playback volume level; after sending the commands, instructing the first and/or second playback device to process an audio stream into a first and/or second channel and to reproduce a respective one of the first and second channel, wherein the grouped first and second playback devices provide multi-channel sound; and based on an adjustment to a third displayed volume control, instructing the first and/or second playback device to adjust a group volume level for both the first and second playback devices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150326986A1 Pair Volume Control Public/Granted day:2015-11-12
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