Zone scene management

RA Lambourne - US Patent 10,848,885, 2020 - Google Patents
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 …

Updating zone configuration in a multi-zone media system

RA Lambourne - US Patent 9,749,760, 2017 - Google Patents
An example method includes receiving, from a first play back device of a playback system, a
message indicating a first zone configuration, the first zone configuration includ ing at least a …

Webpage media playback

TM Lin, EM Bass - US Patent 9,679,054, 2017 - Google Patents
See application file for complete search history. may be selected to prompt a display of the
one or more identified playback Zones. A selection of one of the one or more identified …

Method and apparatus for adjusting volume levels in a multi-zone system

RA Lambourne, NAJ Millington - US Patent 8,588,949, 2013 - Google Patents
A multimedia controller including a processor, the controller configured to: provide a user
interface for a player group, wherein the player group includes a plurality of players in a …

Media playback system with guest access

P Bates, L Keyser-Allen, D Roberts, JP Lang - US Patent 9,374,607, 2016 - Google Patents
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Tomassetti et al. 5,440,644 A 8, 1995 Farinelli et al. 6,912,610 B2 6/2005 Spencer …

System and method for streaming audio

TD Bowman - US Patent 8,639,830, 2014 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Wired and wireless networks are becoming a significant method for
distributing media files and other information to end users. It is now possible to distribute …

Coordinator device for paired or consolidated players

H Gossain, J Lang - US Patent 9,288,596, 2016 - Google Patents
Embodiments described herein involve selecting a coordina tor device for multichannel
playback by a bonded Zone. The bonded Zone may be configured such that playback …

Playback updates

K Corbin, A Kumar, R Kuper, GP Ramsperger… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
Embodiments are described herein that involve receiving, by a social-media computing
system from a media playback system, playback data indicating media that is being played …

Leaving group and smart line-in processing

NAJ Millington, T Cullen, R Reimann… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
An example playback device includes a first interface for receiving a first audio signal from a
first audio source; a second interface for receiving a second audio signal from a second …

Device grouping

M Morganstern, A Ferguson - US Patent 10,209,947, 2019 - Google Patents
An example method includes detecting, via a control inter face of a first playback device
while at least one second playback device is playing media, an input indicating a command …