US 12,260,064 B2
Group volume control
Abhishek Kumar, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Mike Lemmon, Seattle, WA (US); and Stephanie Hughes, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/309,577.
Application 18/309,577 is a continuation of application No. 16/827,469, filed on Mar. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,640,225.
Application 16/827,469 is a continuation of application No. 14/205,347, filed on Mar. 11, 2014, granted, now 10,599,287, issued on Mar. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0103689 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 67/025 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01)
CPC G06F 3/04817 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04L 67/025 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions stored therein, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:
for a group of playback devices comprising a first playback device and a second playback device, displaying in a graphical user interface (GUI), (i) a first volume icon at a first position indicating a volume level of the first playback device, (ii) a second volume icon at a second position indicating a volume level of the second playback device, and (iii) a group volume icon at a third position indicating a group volume level of the group of playback devices comprising the first playback device and the second playback device; and
in response to receiving a first command to adjust the volume level of the first playback device while the first position indicates a volume level that is greater than the third position and the second position indicates a volume level that is lower than the third position, (i) adjusting the first volume icon to a fourth position that indicates an adjusted volume level of the first playback device and (ii) adjusting the group volume icon to a fifth position based on (a) the fourth position of the first volume icon and (b) the second position of the second volume icon.