Smart Audio Settings
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorJonathan P. Lang
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide for smart configuration of audio settings for a playback device. According to an embodiment, while a playback device is a part of a first zone group that includes the playback device and at least one first playback device, the playback device applies a first audio setting. The embodiment also includes the playback device joining a second zone group that includes the playback device and at least one second playback device. The embodiment further includes the playback device applying a second audio setting based on an audio content profile corresponding to the second zone group.
Claims20
A computing system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions stored therein, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the computing system to perform functions comprising:
- while a first playback device is playing a first audio track according to a first audio playback configuration corresponding to a first audio profile, determining for a second audio track queued for playback after the first audio track, whether the first playback device should play the second audio track according to the first audio playback configuration corresponding to the first audio profile;
- and
- in response to determining that the first playback device should not playback the second audio track according to the first audio playback configuration corresponding to the first audio profile, causing the first playback device to playback the second audio track according to a second audio playback configuration.
A method performed by a computing system, the method comprising:
- while a first playback device is playing a first audio track according to a first audio playback configuration corresponding to a first audio profile, determining for a second audio track queued for playback after the first audio track, whether the first playback device should play the second audio track according to the first audio playback configuration corresponding to the first audio profile;
- and
- in response to determining that the first playback device should not playback the second audio track according to the first audio playback configuration corresponding to the first audio profile, causing the first playback device to playback the second audio track according to a second audio playback configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.