Zone Group Control

Patent №

US 10,972,784

Granted

2021-04-06

Filed 2019

Owner

SONOS, INC.

Lab

AI components

1

speech

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

16657807

Example techniques relate to a loss of control of a playback queue. An example implementation involves a playback device receiving, from a native controller, an instruction to add audio tracks to a queue, where, in a first mode associated with the native controller, the playback device is configured to play back from the queue. While the audio tracks are in the queue, the playback device receives, from a media player application associated with a particular wireless protocol, an instruction to play back a media item. In response, the playback device is configured to play back in a second mode associated with the particular wireless protocol, where, in the second mode, the queue is not in use. While playing back the media item, the playback device detects a loss of control by the media player application and configures the playback device to play back in the first mode.

SpeechH04N 21/43615H04L 12/2809H04N 21/4227H04N 21/44227H04N 21/4516H04N 21/4825H04N 21/485H04N 21/8113+1 more

AI classification

Speech0.91
Evolutionary computation0.08
Natural language0.00
AI hardware0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Planning0.00
Machine learning0.00
Vision0.00

Ownership

SONOS, INC.

assignment · 507640873

Assignors

COBURN, ARTHUR L., IV, LIU, SHERWIN

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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