Multiple-device setup
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorsSein Woo, Liesbeth van den Berg, Roy Pollock
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Abstract
An example implementation may involve a media playback system detecting two or more playback devices of a given type. The implementation may further involve transmitting, to a particular playback device of the detected playback devices, an instruction that causes the particular playback device to emit a given sound. The implementation may also involve receiving an identification of the particular playback device and displaying, via a graphical interface, one or more prompts to join the particular playback device into the media playback system.
Claims17
A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause a control device of an environment that includes one or more playback devices configured to playback streamed audio content to perform a method comprising:
- detecting a particular playback device;
- after detecting the particular playback device, transmitting an instruction that causes the particular playback device to emit one or more sounds;
- displaying, via a graphical interface, a prompt to identify the particular playback device by pressing a given button on the particular playback device that is emitting the one or more sounds;
- receiving an identification of the particular playback device, wherein receiving the identification of the particular playback device comprises receiving a message from the particular playback device indicating that the particular playback device was identified;
- and
- based on receiving the identification of the particular playback device, displaying, via the graphical interface, one or more prompts to join the particular playback device into a media playback system to facilitate playback, by the particular playback device, of audio content in synchrony with other playback devices of the media playback system.
A method performed by a control device of an environment that includes one or more playback devices configured to playback streamed audio content, the method comprising:
- detecting, via the control device, a particular playback device;
- after detecting the particular playback device, transmitting an instruction that causes the particular playback device to emit one or more sounds;
- displaying, via a graphical interface, a prompt to identify the particular playback device by pressing a given button on the particular playback device that is emitting the one or more sounds;
- receiving an identification of the particular playback device, wherein receiving the identification of the particular playback device comprises receiving a message from the particular playback device indicating that the particular playback device was identified;
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- based on receiving the identification of the particular playback device, displaying, via the graphical interface, one or more prompts to join the particular playback device into a media playback system to facilitate playback, by the particular playback device, of audio content in synchrony with other playback devices of the media playback system.
A control device that operates in an environment that includes one or more playback devices configured to playback streamed audio content, the control device comprising:
- one or more processors:
- and
- tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the control device to perform a method comprising:
- detecting a particular playback device;
- after detecting the particular playback device, transmitting an instruction that causes the particular playback device to emit one or more sounds;
- displaying, via a graphical interface, a prompt to identify the particular playback device by pressing a given button on the particular playback device that is emitting the one or more sounds;
- receiving an identification of the particular playback device, wherein receiving the identification of the particular playback device comprises receiving a message from the particular playback device indicating that the particular playback device was identified;
- and
- based on receiving the identification of the particular playback device, displaying, via the graphical interface, one or more prompts to join the particular playback device into a media playback system to facilitate playback, by the particular playback device, of audio content in synchrony with other playback devices of the media playback system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.