US 11,669,299 B2
Playback device with device base
Jonathan P. Lang, Santa Barbara, CA (US); and Christopher D. Butts, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/548,878.
Application 17/548,878 is a continuation of application No. 17/228,114, filed on Apr. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,200,024.
Application 17/228,114 is a continuation of application No. 16/693,560, filed on Nov. 25, 2019, granted, now 10,976,992, issued on Apr. 13, 2021.
Application 16/693,560 is a continuation of application No. 16/011,273, filed on Jun. 18, 2018, granted, now 10,489,108, issued on Nov. 26, 2019.
Application 16/011,273 is a continuation of application No. 14/844,253, filed on Sep. 3, 2015, granted, now 10,001,965, issued on Jun. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0291895 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04R 2205/021 (2013.01); H04R 2227/003 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A first playback device comprising:
one or more processors;
tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media comprising program instructions executable by the one or more processors such that the first playback device is configured to:
when the first playback device is configured to join playback systems when placed on device bases associated with playback systems, and while the first playback device is configured to play audio content according to a first one or more playback equalization settings, detect whether the first playback device is placed on a device base associated with a playback system comprising a second playback device;
after detecting that the first playback device has been placed on the device base associated with the playback system comprising the second playback device, join the playback system, wherein after joining the playback system, the playback system comprises the first playback device and the second playback device; and
while the first playback device is placed on the device base and joined with the playback system, play audio content according to a second one or more playback equalization settings associated with the playback system, wherein the second one or more playback equalization settings are different than the first one or more playback equalization settings.