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US 11,733,768 B2Granted
Power control based on packet type
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorsSteve F. Holmgren, John L. MacFarlane
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AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorsSteve F. Holmgren, John L. MacFarlane
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Techniques for controlling one or more audio amplifiers in or associated with a device coupled on a local area network are disclosed. An example playback device includes a processor, an amplifier, a network interface, and a memory. The memory includes a software module that, when executed by the processor, causes the playback device to: operate in a first power mode in which the amplifier consumes a first amount of power; while operating in the first power mode, determine that a defined time has passed since receiving, via the network interface, a specified type of data packet; and based on determining that the defined time has passed since receiving the specified type of data packet, transition from operating in the first power mode to operate in a second power mode in which the amplifier consumes a second amount of power, wherein the first amount of power is greater than the second amount of power.
A first playback device comprising:
Tangible, non-transitory computer readable memory comprising program instructions stored therein, wherein the program instructions, when executed by one or more processors, configure a first playback device to perform functions comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.