Multiple-Device Setup
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorsSein Woo, Liesbeth van den Berg, Roy Pollock
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Abstract
An example implementation may involve a media playback system detecting two or more playback devices of a given type. The implementation may further involve transmitting, to a particular playback device of the detected playback devices, an instruction that causes the particular playback device to emit a given sound. The implementation may also involve receiving an identification of the particular playback device and displaying, via a graphical interface, one or more prompts to join the particular playback device into the media playback system.
Claims20
A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause a control device of an environment that includes one or more playback devices configured to playback streamed audio content to perform operations comprising:
- detecting a particular playback device;
- after detecting the particular playback device, transmitting an instruction that causes the particular playback device to output a user-identifiable indication;
- after the particular playback device has output the user-identifiable indication, receiving user-assisted information associated with the particular playback device;
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- after receiving the user-assisted information associated with the particular playback device, causing the particular playback device to operate in a grouped configuration with one or more other playback devices of a media playback system for playback of audio content.
A control device that operates in an environment that includes one or more playback devices configured to playback streamed audio content, wherein the control device comprises:
- one or more processors;
- and
- tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media having stored therein instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the control device to perform operations comprising:
- detecting a particular playback device;
- after detecting the particular playback device, transmitting an instruction that causes the particular playback device to output a user-identifiable indication;
- after the particular playback device has output the user-identifiable indication, receiving user-assisted information associated with the particular playback device;
- and
- after receiving the user-assisted information associated with the particular playback device, causing the particular playback device to operate in a grouped configuration with one or more other playback devices of a media playback system for playback of audio content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.