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US 2016/0112745 A1Published application
Portable Playback Device State Variable
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorMieko Kusano
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AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorMieko Kusano
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Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to facilitate playback of multimedia content are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a network interface configured to receive audio content over a playback network. A processor comprising instructions which when executed, cause the processor to detect that a portable playback device has joined the playback network. The processor is to update a state variable to indicate that the portable playback device has joined the playback network. The processor is to play audio content received over the playback network based on the state variable. The processor is to detect that the portable playback device is not joined to the playback network. The processor is to, after detecting that the portable playback device is not joined to the playback network, update the state variable to indicate that the portable playback device is not joined to the playback network.
A first playback device comprising:
A method comprising:
A computer readable storage medium including instructions for execution by a processor, the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to implement a method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.