US 12,273,084 B2
Playback device group volume control
Bob Dizon, Cambridge, MA (US); Neil Griffiths, Cambridge, MA (US); and Luis R. Vega Zayas, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/149,211.
Application 18/149,211 is a continuation of application No. 17/099,253, filed on Nov. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,545,948.
Application 17/099,253 is a continuation of application No. 16/653,516, filed on Oct. 15, 2019, granted, now 10,840,867, issued on Nov. 17, 2020.
Application 16/653,516 is a continuation of application No. 16/102,554, filed on Aug. 13, 2018, granted, now 10,447,221, issued on Oct. 15, 2019.
Application 16/102,554 is a continuation of application No. 15/620,324, filed on Jun. 12, 2017, granted, now 10,050,594, issued on Aug. 14, 2018.
Application 15/620,324 is a continuation of application No. 15/217,670, filed on Jul. 22, 2016, granted, now 9,680,433, issued on Jun. 13, 2017.
Application 15/217,670 is a continuation of application No. 13/910,608, filed on Jun. 5, 2013, granted, now 9,438,193, issued on Sep. 6, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0327625 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H03G 3/00 (2006.01); H03G 1/02 (2006.01); H03G 3/02 (2006.01); H03G 3/30 (2006.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/47 (2011.01)
CPC H03G 1/02 (2013.01) [H03G 3/02 (2013.01); H03G 3/3005 (2013.01); H03G 3/3089 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/4852 (2013.01); H04L 12/282 (2013.01); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/47 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A first playback device comprising:
one or more processors; and
at least one tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions executable by the one or more processors such that, while the first playback device is configured to play audio content in a playback group with at least a second playback device, the first playback device is configured to:
after receiving a volume adjustment message via a user interface associated with the first playback device when the first playback device is configured as a primary playback device for the playback group and the second playback device is configured as a secondary playback device for the playback group, (i) play audio content at a volume based on the volume adjustment message, and (ii) send volume-adjusted audio content to the second playback device, wherein the volume-adjusted audio content is based on the volume adjustment message; and
after receiving a volume adjustment message via the user interface associated with the first playback device when the first playback device is configured as the secondary playback device for the playback group and the second playback device is configured as the primary playback device for the playback group, (i) generate one or more packets comprising information corresponding to the volume adjustment message, (ii) transmit the one or more packets comprising the information corresponding to the volume adjustment message to the second playback device configured to operate as the primary playback device for the playback group, and (iii) play volume-adjusted audio content received from the second playback device configured to operate as the primary playback device for the playback group, wherein the volume-adjusted audio content is based on the volume adjustment message.