US 12,093,513 B2
Controlling and displaying zones in a multi-zone system
Abhishek Kumar, Santa Barbara, CA (US); and Amber Brown, Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/349,769.
Application 18/349,769 is a continuation of application No. 18/052,936, filed on Nov. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,740,774.
Application 18/052,936 is a continuation of application No. 17/524,608, filed on Nov. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,494,063, issued on Nov. 8, 2022.
Application 17/524,608 is a continuation of application No. 17/019,648, filed on Sep. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,175,805, issued on Nov. 16, 2021.
Application 17/019,648 is a continuation of application No. 15/664,518, filed on Jul. 31, 2017, granted, now 10,775,973, issued on Sep. 15, 2020.
Application 15/664,518 is a continuation of application No. 14/041,158, filed on Sep. 30, 2013, granted, now 9,720,576, issued on Aug. 1, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0045577 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01)
CPC G06F 3/0484 (2013.01) [H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/485 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A control device comprising:
at least one processor;
at least one tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the control device is configured to:
display, via a user interface, a list of one or more groups of playback devices and corresponding state information associated with each group of playback devices, wherein the list comprises selectable graphical representations corresponding to each group of playback devices;
based on a selection of a particular selectable graphical representation from the list, communicate an instruction to a remote system to change a state of a particular group corresponding to the particular selectable graphical representation; and
after receiving an indication from the remote system that the particular group is in a particular state, update the user interface to display an indication of the particular state in association with the particular selectable graphical representation corresponding to the particular group.