Playback device control

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12096187
APP PUB NO 20220295202A1
SERIAL NO

17532548

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Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to control audio playback devices are disclosed. An example first playback device includes a speaker driver, a processor, and a computer readable medium including a set of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the first playback device to implement a method. The example method includes receiving, from a first audio information source, first audio information. The example method includes playing back the first audio information. The example method includes receiving, from a second audio information source, (i) a first message, and (ii) second audio information. Based on the received first message, the example method includes (i) determining that the first playback device and a second playback device are to playback the second audio information; (ii) stopping play back of the first audio information; (iii) playing back, via the speaker driver, the second audio information; and (iv) sending the second audio information to the second playback device.

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SONOS INC223 EAST DE LA GUERRA STREET SANTA BARBARA CA 93101

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Beckhardt, Steven Cambridge, US 109 1775
Griffiths, Neil Lexington, US 66 1371
Millington, Nicholas A J Santa Barbara, US 165 9911
Wisneski, Craig Cambridge, US 18 1006

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