Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamic bonding of playback devices
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Application No.: US14731119Application Date: 2015-06-04
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Publication No.: US09864571B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Mark Triplett , Steven Beckhardt
- 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: G06F17/00
- IPC: G06F17/00 ; G06F3/16 ; H04R3/12 ; H04R27/00 ; G11B27/34 ; H04R3/04

Abstract:
Examples of dynamic bonding of playback devices are disclosed. A disclosed example first playback device includes a shared device identifier to determine that a second playback device is sharable between a first bonded zone and a second bonded zone, the first bonded zone comprising the first playback device, the second bonded zone comprising a second playback device; a device manager to cause the shared playback device to join the first bonded zone; and an adjuster to change a first audio parameter of the first playback device in accordance with the joining of the shared playback device in the first bonded zone, wherein at least one of the shared device identifier, the device manager, or the adjuster is implemented via a processor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160357503A1 Dynamic Bonding of Playback Devices Public/Granted day:2016-12-08
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