US 12,432,512 B2
Providing a multi-channel and a multi-zone audio environment
Simon Jarvis, Cambridge, MA (US); Hilmar Lehnert, Framingham, MA (US); Aurelio Rafael Ramos, Cambridge, MA (US); and Luis Vega, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/058,864.
Application 18/058,864 is a continuation of application No. 16/933,861, filed on Jul. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,516,611.
Application 16/933,861 is a continuation of application No. 16/102,695, filed on Aug. 13, 2018, granted, now 10,721,575, issued on Jul. 21, 2020.
Application 16/102,695 is a continuation of application No. 15/296,304, filed on Oct. 18, 2016, granted, now 10,051,398, issued on Aug. 14, 2018.
Application 15/296,304 is a continuation of application No. 13/632,731, filed on Oct. 1, 2012, granted, now 9,516,440, issued on Dec. 6, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0085977 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/24 (2006.01); H04J 3/06 (2006.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 29/007 (2013.01) [H04J 3/0664 (2013.01); H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04B 7/24 (2013.01); H04J 3/062 (2013.01); H04J 3/0638 (2013.01); H04R 2227/003 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04S 3/008 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
12. A method comprising:
receiving, while a first playback device of a media playback system communicates audio data via the media playback system using a first networking mode, an instruction for the first playback device to join a bonded zone that comprises a second playback device of the media playback system;
after receiving the instruction to join the bonded zone, causing the first playback device to communicate, via the second playback device, audio data via the media playback system using a second networking mode that is different from the first networking mode, wherein the second networking mode is configured to facilitate performance of lip synchronization between video content that is output via a display device and audio content that is played back via one or more playback devices of the bonded zone;
assigning the first playback device a playback role within the bonded zone, wherein assigning the first playback device the playback role within the bonded zone comprises determining one or more first audio channels to be played back via the first playback device; selecting, based on the determined one or more first audio channels, a first playback delay associated with the assigned playback role;
receiving, at the first playback device and via the second playback device, the one or more first audio channels; and
playing back, via the first playback device, the one or more first audio channels according to the first playback delay.