US 11,706,566 B2
Playback transitions
Dayn Wilberding, Portland, OR (US); Youjin Nam, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Tadeo T. Toulis, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Jonathan Cole Harris, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Patrick Devine, Andover, MA (US); Nicholas A. J. Millington, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Jodi Vautrin, Boston, MA (US); Maria-Jose Ramos, Seattle, WA (US); Richard Bannon, Seattle, WA (US); Michael Sheldon, San Francisco, CA (US); Ted Lin, Cambridge, MA (US); Ron Kuper, Arlington, MA (US); Kirsten Lewis, Boston, MA (US); Jake Harwood, Seattle, WA (US); and Jonathan Herbst, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/805,269.
Application 17/805,269 is a continuation of application No. 16/805,130, filed on Feb. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,356,777.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/811,962, filed on Feb. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0400342 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 65/1101 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01)
CPC H04R 3/12 (2013.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04L 12/282 (2013.01); H04L 12/2812 (2013.01); H04L 65/1101 (2022.05); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04R 1/403 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04L 2012/2849 (2013.01); H04R 2227/003 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable playback device comprising:
one or more network interfaces, wherein the one or more network interfaces comprises an 802.11-compatible network interface;
one or more audio transducers;
one or more amplifiers configured to drive the one or more audio transducers;
one or more batteries;
at least one processor;
one or more wearable housings, the one or more wearable housings carrying the one or more network interfaces, the one or more audio transducers, the one or more amplifiers, the one or more batteries, and the at least one processor, and
data storage including instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the wearable playback device is configured to:
play back particular audio content in a playback session via the one or more audio transducers;
during the playback session, receive data representing a playback session swap input;
based on receipt of the data representing the playback session swap input, identify one or more target playback devices within a media playback system that are connected to a wireless local area network (LAN), wherein the wearable playback device is connected to the wireless LAN via the 802.11-compatible network interface;
transition the playback session from the wearable playback device to the identified one or more target playback devices, wherein the instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the wearable playback device is configured to transition the playback session from the wearable playback device to the identified one or more target playback devices comprise instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the wearable playback device is configured to:
(i) temporarily form a synchrony group including the wearable playback device as a group coordinator of the synchrony group and the one or more target playback devices as group members of the synchrony group, the group coordinator configured to send playback timing information to the group members to synchronize playback between the group coordinator and the group members, wherein formation of the synchrony group causes the one or more target playback devices to start playing the particular audio content of the playback session; and
(ii) immediately after formation of the synchrony group, cause the wearable playback device to be removed from the synchrony group to stop playback of the particular audio content by the wearable playback device, wherein removal of the wearable playback device from the synchrony group changes the group coordinator of the synchrony group from the wearable playback device to a particular playback device of the one or more target playback devices.