US 11,716,366 B2
Audio playback network joining
Nicholas A. J. Millington, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Jeffrey Peters, Cambridge, MA (US); Michael Agerbak, Cambridge, MA (US); and Steven R. Beckhardt, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/101,840.
Application 17/101,840 is a continuation of application No. 16/403,212, filed on May 3, 2019, granted, now 10,848,532.
Application 16/403,212 is a continuation of application No. 14/959,999, filed on Dec. 4, 2015, granted, now 10,334,005, issued on Jun. 25, 2019.
Application 14/959,999 is a continuation of application No. 13/340,110, filed on Dec. 29, 2011, granted, now 9,247,492, issued on Jan. 26, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0185101 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 65/61 (2022.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 65/1069 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/61 (2022.05) [H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A playback device comprising:
at least one processor;
non-transitory computer-readable medium; and
program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium that are executable by the at least one processor such that the playback device is configured to:
communicate with a computing device via a first wireless network;
while communicating with the computing device via the first wireless network, detect a second wireless network that is available for connection, wherein the second wireless network is configured separately from the first wireless network;
determine a network characteristic of the second wireless network;
based on the determined network characteristic of the second wireless network, transition from communicating with the computing device via the first wireless network to communicating with the computing device via the second wireless network at least in part by (i) connecting to the second wireless network and (ii) after connecting to the second wireless network, detecting an indication that the computing device is also connected to the second wireless network, wherein communicating with the computing device via the second wireless network comprises receiving an audio playback command from the computing device via the second wireless network; and
play back audio content based on the audio playback command.