US 11,889,160 B2
Multiple household management
Ron Kuper, Arlington, MA (US); Arthur L. Coburn, IV, Lexington, MA (US); John Meyer, Boston, MA (US); and Mike Delaney, Billerica, MA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/930,917.
Application 17/930,917 is a continuation of application No. 17/340,370, filed on Jun. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,445,261.
Application 17/340,370 is a continuation of application No. 16/812,638, filed on Mar. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,032,617, issued on Jun. 8, 2021.
Application 16/812,638 is a continuation of application No. 16/458,453, filed on Jul. 1, 2019, granted, now 10,587,928, issued on Mar. 10, 2020.
Application 16/458,453 is a continuation of application No. 16/143,301, filed on Sep. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,341,736, issued on Jul. 2, 2019.
Application 16/143,301 is a continuation of application No. 15/227,074, filed on Aug. 3, 2016, granted, now 10,097,893, issued on Oct. 9, 2018.
Application 15/227,074 is a continuation of application No. 13/748,357, filed on Jan. 23, 2013, granted, now 9,510,055, issued on Nov. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0188798 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); G11B 27/10 (2006.01); G11B 27/34 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01)
CPC H04N 21/4788 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G11B 27/105 (2013.01); G11B 27/34 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/4825 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing system comprising:
a network interface configured to facilitate communication via at least one data network;
at least one processor; and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:
cause, via the network interface, a computing device to display a first section of a control interface to control multiple media playback systems comprising respective playback devices that are connected to respective local area networks, wherein the first section comprises multiple regions corresponding to respective media playback systems, wherein the multiple regions comprise (i) respective indications of media playback system identifiers corresponding to each media playback system of the multiple media playback systems and (ii) respective indications of each zone that is playing audio content in each media playback system, and wherein each zone includes at least one playback device;
receive first input via the control interface;
after receipt of the first input, cause, via the network interface, the computing device to display a second section of the control interface, the second section comprising controls to schedule playback of respective audio content in each zone of each media playback system;
receive second input via the controls to schedule playback of respective audio content in each zone of each media playback system, the second input representing a command to set a schedule to play back particular audio content on at least one particular zone in a particular media playback system on particular days at particular times; and
based on receipt of the second input, configure the at least one particular zone in the particular media playback system to play back the particular audio content on the particular days at the particular times.