Portable Playback Device State Variable
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorMieko Kusano
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Abstract
Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to facilitate playback of multimedia content are disclosed. A network interface configured to receive audio content over a playback network. A processor comprises instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to join the playback network. The processor is to set a state variable to indicate that the portable playback device is joined to the playback network, wherein prior to joining the playback network the state variable was set to indicate that the portable playback device was not joined to the network. The processor is to play the audio content received over the playback network when the portable playback device is joined to the playback network.
Claims20
A portable playback device comprising:
- a network interface configured to receive audio content over a playback network;
- a processor comprising instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to:
- join the playback network;
- set a state variable to indicate that the portable playback device is joined to the playback network, wherein prior to joining the playback network the state variable was set to indicate that the portable playback device was not joined to the network;
- and
- play the audio content received over the playback network when the portable playback device is joined to the playback network.
A method comprising:
- joining, by a portable playback device, a playback network;
- setting, by the portable playback device, a state variable to indicate that the portable playback device is joined to the playback network, wherein prior to joining the playback network the state variable was set to indicate that the portable playback device was not joined to the network;
- and
- playing, by the portable playback device, audio content received over the playback network when the portable playback device is joined to the playback network.
A computer readable storage medium including instructions for execution by a processor, the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to implement a method comprising:
- joining, by a portable playback device, a playback network;
- setting, by the portable playback device, a state variable to indicate that the portable playback device is joined to the playback network, wherein prior to joining the playback network the state variable was set to indicate that the portable playback device was not joined to the network;
- and
- playing, by the portable playback device, audio content received over the playback network when the portable playback device is joined to the playback network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.