US 11,943,823 B2
Techniques to reduce time to music for a playback device
Cheng Lu, Malden, MA (US); and Stuart Eichert, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/461,856.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/072,748, filed on Aug. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0070947 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/10 (2018.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/10 (2018.02) [G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.05); H04W 48/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A playback device comprising:
at least one processor;
a wireless network interface;
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:
detect an input indicating a command to power up the playback device;
based on the detected input, begin initialization of the wireless network interface;
after beginning initialization of the wireless network interface but before the playback device is capable of establishing a connection to at least one wireless network type via the wireless network interface, cause the wireless network interface to scan for available wireless networks of the at least one wireless network type;
identify, via the wireless network interface, at least one available wireless network of the at least one wireless network type;
store an indication of the at least one available wireless network; and
after the playback device is capable of establishing a connection to the at least one type of wireless network via the wireless network interface, use the stored indication of the at least one available wireless network to establish a connection to a given wireless network of the at least one available wireless network.