US 11,729,282 B2
System and method for selecting and providing zone-specific media
Bradley M. Starobin, Baltimore, MD (US); Matthew Lyons, York, PA (US); Stuart W. Lumsden, Ruxton, MD (US); Michael DiTullo, Encinitas, CA (US); and Paul O'Connor, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to SOUND UNITED, LLC, Vista, CA (US)
Filed by Sound United, LLC., Vista, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/981,438.
Application 17/981,438 is a continuation of application No. 17/735,243, filed on May 3, 2022, granted, now 11,496,591.
Application 17/735,243 is a continuation of application No. 14/726,109, filed on May 29, 2015, granted, now 11,356,520, issued on Jun. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0060031 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04L 65/1089 (2022.01); H04L 67/04 (2022.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 65/613 (2022.01); H04L 67/60 (2022.01); H04L 67/61 (2022.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/52 (2022.05) [H04L 65/1089 (2013.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 65/613 (2022.05); H04L 67/04 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/535 (2022.05); H04L 67/60 (2022.05); H04L 67/61 (2022.05)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for presenting audio content, the system comprising:
one or more first wireless speakers in a first zone that is associated with a first type of room;
one or more second wireless speakers in a second zone that is associated with a second type of room;
a wireless network configured to wirelessly communicate with the one or more first wireless speakers and the one or more second wireless speakers; and
a user interface configured to receive user input, wherein:
each of the one or more first wireless speakers and each of the one or more second wireless speakers comprise memory configured to store information that identifies a type of room,
each of the one or more first wireless speakers and each of the one or more second wireless speakers is operable to transmit, via the wireless network, an audio content request that includes the information that identifies the type of room,
the system is configured to play audio content on the one or more first wireless speakers in the first zone or on the one or more second wireless speakers in the second zone in response to the user input,
the system is configured to play advertising audio content that is based at least in part on the type of room,
the advertising audio content comprises first advertising audio content when the audio content was playing on the one or more first wireless speakers in the first zone that is associated with the first type of room,
the advertising audio content comprises second advertising audio content that is different from the first advertising audio content when the audio content was playing on the one or more second wireless speakers in the second zone that is associated with the second type of room.