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Playback transitions

US12210797B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

SONOS, INC. · US

Inventors

Dayn Wilberding · Lompoc, US
Youjin Nam · Hoboken, US
Tadeo T. Toulis · Lompoc, US
Jonathan Cole Harris · Lompoc, US
Patrick Devine · Andover, US
Nicholas A. J. Millington · Lompoc, US
Jodi Vautrin · Boston, US
Maria-Jose Ramos · Seattle, US
Richard Bannon · Seattle, US
Michael Sheldon · San Francisco, US
Ted Lin · Ayer, US
Ron Kuper · Arlington, US
Kirsten Lewis · Boston, US
Jake Harwood · Seattle, US
Jonathan Herbst · Seattle, US
Daniel Jones · London, GB
Henry Sia · Seattle, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 23, 2021
Grant date	Jan 28, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 27, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04R2430/01
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Examples described herein relate to transitioning a playback session between portable playback devices such as “smart” headphones, earbuds, and handheld speakers with playback devices of a zone-based media playback system. Exemplary techniques facilitate continuity of playback when transitioning between locations (e.g., from at home to on-the-go or vice versa) or between listening paradigms (e.g., personal or out-loud playback of audio content). An example implementation includes detecting a swap trigger, determining the source playback device(s) and target playback device(s), and performing a playback session swap between the source playback device(s) and target playback device(s).

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