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US 12,476,601 B2Granted
Techniques for enabling interoperability between media playback systems
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorsSteven Beckhardt, Kyle Seaman
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AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorsSteven Beckhardt, Kyle Seaman
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A device is configured to (i) receive media content from a media source, (ii) generate a first series of frames including first portions of the media content and first playback timing information, (iii) generate a second series of frames including second portions of the media content and second playback timing information, (iv) transmit the first series of frames to a first playback device in a synchrony group for playback of the first portions of the media content in accordance with the first playback timing information, and (v) transmit the second series of frames to a second playback device in the synchrony group for playback of the second portions of the media content in accordance with the second playback timing information such that the media content is played back in synchrony by the synchrony group.
A computing first playback device comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium is provisioned with program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a first playback device to:
A method implemented by a first playback device, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.