Zone scene management
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United States of America Patent
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Nov 19, 2019
Grant Date -
Aug 1, 2019
app pub date -
Apr 12, 2019
filing date -
Sep 12, 2006
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Abstract
An example playback device in a first zone of a media playback system receives a first indication that the first zone has been added to a first zone scene including a first preconfigured grouping of zones including the first zone and a second zone. The playback device receives a second indication that the first zone has been added to a second zone scene including a second preconfigured grouping of zones including the first zone and a third zone. After a given one of the first and second zone scenes has been selected for invocation, the playback device receives an instruction to operate in accordance with the given zone scene, and based on the instruction, begins operating in accordance with the given zone scene such that the playback device is configured to play back audio in synchrony with one or more other playback devices in the media playback system.
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- 2019 Application Filing Year
- H04N Class
- 18309 Applications Filed
- 13726 Patents Issued To-Date
- 74.97 % Issued To-Date
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- 87 Citation Count
- H04N Class
- 99.98 % this patent is cited more than
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