US 2016/0080866 A1Published application

Playback Device Volume Management

AssigneeSonos, Inc.

InventorsJerome Agustin, Jonathan P. Lang, Mark W. Triplett

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Abstract

Embodiments are described herein that provide numerous volume enhancements to a media playback system. An example implementation involves a playback device playing audio content at a first volume level as part of a first audio playback group configuration, storing a first volume level in association with the first audio playback group configuration, joining a second audio playback group configuration, playing audio content at a second volume level as a part of the second audio playback group configuration, receiving a command to play audio content as part of the first audio playback group configuration, identifying the first volume level in the data storage; and playing audio content at the first volume level as part of the first audio playback group configuration.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A playback device comprising:

one or more speakers;
one or more processors;
and
tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions encoded therein, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the playback device to perform a method comprising:
playing, via the one or more speakers, audio content at a first volume level as part of a first audio playback group configuration;
storing in a data storage, the first volume level in association with the first audio playback group configuration;
joining a second audio playback group configuration;
adjusting the playback device to play audio content at a second volume level as part of the second audio playback group configuration;
subsequently, receiving a command to play audio content as part of the first audio playback group configuration;
in response to receiving the command, identifying the first volume level in the data storage;
and
upon identifying the first volume level, adjusting the playback device to play audio content at the first volume level.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions encoded therein, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause a playback device to perform a functions comprising:

playing, via one or more speakers, audio content at a first volume level as part of a first audio playback group configuration;
storing in a data storage, the first volume level in association with the first audio playback group configuration;
joining a second audio playback group configuration;
adjusting the playback device to play audio content at a second volume level as part of the second audio playback group configuration;
subsequently, receiving a command to play audio content as part of the first audio playback group configuration;
in response to receiving the command, identifying the first volume level in the data storage;
and
upon identifying the first volume level, adjusting the playback device to play audio content at the first volume level.

5 more elements

A method comprising:

playing, via a playback device, audio content at a first volume level as part of a first audio playback group configuration;
storing, via the playback device in a data storage, the first volume level in association with the first audio playback group configuration;
joining, by the playback device, a second audio playback group configuration;
playing, via the playback device, audio content at a second volume level as part of the second audio playback group configuration;
subsequently, receiving via the playback device, a command to play audio content as part of the first audio playback group configuration;
in response to receiving the command, identifying, by the playback device, the first volume level in the data storage;
and
upon identifying the first volume level, playing, via the playback device, audio content at the first volume level as part of the first audio playback group configuration.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/940,699Filed 13 Nov 2015
Priority: 27 Sep 2013
Published: 17 Mar 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

H04R 3/12
Circuits for transducers: for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers
G06F 3/167
Sound input; Sound output: audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
H03G 3/001
Gain control in amplifiers or frequency changers: digital control of analog signals
H03G 3/20
Gain control in amplifiers or frequency changers: automatic control

Family

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