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US 11,082,785 B2Granted
Multi-zone media system and method for providing multi-zone media
AssigneeSound United, LLC
InventorsBradley M. Starobin, Matthew Lyons, Stuart W. Lumsden, Michael DiTullo, Paul O'Connor
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Abstract
A multi-zone media system and method for providing multi-zone media. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide a system and method that flexibly presents media content (e.g., audio content) to a user as the user moves throughout a premises.
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A system for presenting audio content, the system comprising:
- a first device comprising a first speaker operable to play the audio content in a first zone;
- a second device comprising a second speaker operable to play the audio content in a second zone;
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- a media controller operable to present the audio content to one or both of the first speaker and the second speaker, wherein according to a voice command received by the second device:
- the presentation of the audio content to the second speaker is synchronized with the presentation of the audio content to the first speaker, and
- the presentation of the audio content to the first speaker is modified.
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A system for presenting audio content, the system comprising:
- a media controller, wherein the media controller is operable to:
- select the audio content according to a voice command associated with a particular user,
- modify a presentation of the audio content in a first zone according to the voice command received within a second zone, and
- synchronize the presentation of the audio content in the first zone with a presentation of the audio content in the second zone.
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A method for presenting audio content, the method comprising:
- playing the audio content in a first zone by a first device;
- receiving a voice command by a second device in a second zone;
- according to the voice command, playing the audio content in the second zone, in synchronicity with the audio content played in the first zone, via the second device;
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- according to the voice command, modifying the audio content played in a first zone via the first device.
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