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Kafe 바로가기국가/구분 | United States(US) Patent 등록 |
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출원번호 | US-0864250 (2013-04-17) |
등록번호 | US-10146498 (2018-12-04) |
발명자 / 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 | 피인용 횟수 : 0 인용 특허 : 555 |
In a network comprising a first zone player, wherein the first zone player is a member of a first synchrony group, a method comprising: playing, at the first zone player, audio information associated with the first synchrony group; receiving, at the first zone player, control information from a user
In a network comprising a first zone player, wherein the first zone player is a member of a first synchrony group, a method comprising: playing, at the first zone player, audio information associated with the first synchrony group; receiving, at the first zone player, control information from a user interface module, wherein the control information directs the first zone player to disengage from the first synchrony group and to join a second synchrony group; disengaging, by the first zone player based on the received control information, the first zone player from the first synchrony group; joining, by the first zone player based on the received control information, the first zone player to the second synchrony group; and playing, by the first zone player, audio information associated with the second synchrony group.
1. A system comprising: a controller device configured to control one or more zone players; anda first zone player comprising at least one processor and tangible, non-transitory computer-readable memory comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the first zone player to perform operations co
1. A system comprising: a controller device configured to control one or more zone players; anda first zone player comprising at least one processor and tangible, non-transitory computer-readable memory comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the first zone player to perform operations comprising:joining a first synchrony group comprising the first zone player and a second zone player;providing first device clock timing information to the second zone player over an asynchronous network while the first zone player is in the first synchrony group;playing first audio information in synchrony with the second zone player while the first zone player is in the first synchrony group, wherein all zone players in the first synchrony group playback the first audio information using the first device clock timing information that the first zone player provides over the asynchronous network;receiving control information from the controller device via the asynchronous network, wherein the control information includes an identification of a third zone player, and wherein the control information directs the first zone player to (a) disengage from the first synchrony group, (b) join a second synchrony group with the third zone player, and (c) receive second audio information from the third zone player for playback in synchrony with the third zone player; andafter receiving the control information from the controller device, (a) disengaging the first zone player from the first synchrony group, (b) joining the first zone player to the second synchrony group, (c) receiving the second audio information from the third zone player, and (d) playing the second audio information in synchrony with the third zone player. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein disengaging from the first synchrony group comprises the first zone player transmitting a notification to the second zone player, wherein the notification indicates that the first zone player is disengaging from the first synchrony group. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations performed by the first zone player further comprise, prior to disengaging from the first synchrony group: receiving the first audio information for playback from an audio information source; andtransmitting the first device clock timing information and the first audio information to at least the second zone player while contemporaneously playing the first audio information using the first device clock timing information. 4. The system of claim 3, wherein the control information directs the first zone player to cease transmitting the first audio information and the first device clock timing information, and wherein the operations further cause the first zone player to cease transmitting the first audio information and the first device clock timing information to the first synchrony group. 5. The first zone player of claim 1, wherein the first audio information is different than the second audio information. 6. The system of claim 1, wherein all zone players in the first synchrony group playback the first audio information based on the first device clock timing information that the first zone player provides to the first synchrony group during synchronous playback and first playback timing information that the first zone player provides to the first synchrony group during synchronous playback, and wherein after joining the first zone player to the second synchrony group, all zone players in the second synchrony group playback the second audio information based on second device clock timing information that the third zone player provides to the second synchrony group during synchronous playback and second playback timing information that the third zone player provides to the second synchrony group during synchronous playback. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein all zone players in the first synchrony group playback the first audio information based on the first device clock timing information that the first zone player provides to the first synchrony group during synchronous playback and first playback timing information that the first zone player provides to the first synchrony group during synchronous playback, and wherein after joining the first zone player to the second synchrony group, all zone players in the second synchrony group playback the second audio information based on the first device clock timing information that the first zone player provides to the second synchrony group during synchronous playback and second playback timing information that the first zone player provides to the second synchrony group during synchronous playback. 8. A system comprising: first tangible non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by a first set of one or more processors, cause a controller device to control a plurality of zone players in a media playback system; andsecond tangible non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by a second set of one or more processors, cause a first zone player to perform functions comprising:joining a first synchrony group comprising the first zone player and a second zone player;providing first device clock timing information to the second zone player over an asynchronous network while the first zone player is in the first synchrony group;playing first audio information in synchrony with the second zone player while the first zone player is in the first synchrony group, wherein all zone players in the first synchrony group playback the first audio information using the first device clock timing information that the first zone player provides to the first synchrony group over the asynchronous network;receiving control information from the controller device via the asynchronous network, wherein the control information includes an identification of a third zone player, and wherein the control information directs the first zone player to (a) disengage from the first synchrony group, (b) join a second synchrony group with the third zone player, and (c) receive second audio information from the third zone player for playback in synchrony with the third zone player; andafter receiving the control information from the controller device (a) disengaging the first zone player from the first synchrony group, (b) joining the first zone player to the second synchrony group, (c) receiving the second audio information from the third zone player, and (d) playing the second audio information in synchrony with the third zone player. 9. The system of claim 8, wherein the second tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media further comprises additional instructions that, when executed, cause the first zone player to transmit a notification to the second zone player, wherein the notification indicates that the first zone player is disengaging from the first synchrony group. 10. The system of claim 8, wherein the second tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media further comprises additional instructions that, when executed, cause the first zone player to: receive the first audio information for playback from an audio information source; andtransmit the first device clock timing information and the first audio information to at least the second zone player while contemporaneously playing the first audio information using the first device clock timing information. 11. The system of claim 10, wherein the control information received by the first zone player from the controller device directs the first zone player to cease transmitting the first audio information and the first device clock timing information to the first synchrony group, and wherein the second tangible, non-transitory computer-readable memory further comprises additional instructions that, when executed, cause the first zone player to cease transmitting the first audio information and the first device clock timing information to the first synchrony group. 12. The system of claim 8, wherein the first audio information is different than the second audio information. 13. The system of claim 8, wherein all zone players in the first synchrony group playback the first audio information based on the first device clock timing information that the first zone player provides to the first synchrony group and first playback timing information that the first zone player provides to the first synchrony group, and wherein all zone players in the second synchrony group playback the second audio information based on second device clock timing information that the third zone player provides to the second synchrony group and second playback timing information that the third zone player provides to the second synchrony group. 14. The system of claim 8, wherein all zone players in the first synchrony group playback the first audio information based on the first device clock timing information that the first zone player provides to the first synchrony group during synchronous playback and first playback timing information that the first zone player provides to the first synchrony group during synchronous playback, and wherein after joining the first zone player to the second synchrony group, all zone players in the second synchrony group playback the second audio information based on the first device clock timing information that the first zone player provides to the second synchrony group during synchronous playback and second playback timing information that the first zone player provides to the second synchrony group during synchronous playback. 15. A system comprising: a controller device configured to control one or more zone players;a first zone player comprising:a network interface configured to connect the first zone player to an asynchronous network;at least one processor; andtangible, non-transitory computer-readable memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the first zone player, cause the first zone player to perform a first set of functions comprising:joining a first synchrony group comprising the first zone player and a second zone player;providing first device clock timing information to the second zone player over the asynchronous network while the first zone player is in the first synchrony group;playing first audio information in synchrony with the second zone player while the first zone player is in the first synchrony group, wherein all zone players in the first synchrony group playback the first audio information using the first device clock timing information that the first zone player provides to the first synchrony group over the asynchronous network;receiving first control information from the controller device over the asynchronous network, wherein the first control information includes an identification of a third zone player, and wherein the first control information directs the first zone player to (a) disengage from the first synchrony group, (b) join a second synchrony group with the third zone player, and (c) receive second audio information from the third zone player for playback in synchrony with the third zone player; andafter receiving the first control information from the controller device, (a) disengaging from the first synchrony group, (b) joining the first zone player to a second synchrony group with the third zone player, (c) receiving second audio information from the third zone player, and (d) playing the second audio information in synchrony with playback of the second audio by the third zone player. 16. The system of claim 15, wherein the first set of functions further comprise the first zone player transmitting a notification to the second zone player via the network interface, wherein the notification indicates that the first zone player is disengaging from the first synchrony group. 17. The system of claim 15, wherein the first set of functions further comprise the first zone player transmitting the first device clock timing information and the first audio information to at least the second zone player while contemporaneously playing the first audio information using the first device clock timing information. 18. The system of claim 17, wherein the first set of functions performed in response to receiving the first control information further comprise the first zone player ceasing transmitting the first device clock timing information and the first audio information to at least the second zone player while contemporaneously playing the first audio information using the first device clock timing information. 19. The system of claim 15, wherein the second zone player comprises: a network interface configured to connect the second zone player to the asynchronous network;at least one processor; andtangible, non-transitory computer-readable memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the second zone player, cause the second zone player to perform a second set of functions comprising:while engaged in the first synchrony group with the first zone player, (a) transmitting the first audio information to the first zone player, (b) receiving the first device clock timing information from the first zone player, and (c) playing the first audio information in synchrony with the playback of the first audio information by the first zone player based on the first device clock timing information received from the first zone player;receiving second control information from the controller device; andafter receiving the second control information from the controller device, ceasing playing the first audio information in synchrony with the playback of the first audio information by the first zone player based on the first device clock timing information received from the first zone player. 20. The system of claim 19, wherein after receiving the second control information from the controller device, the second zone player continues to play the first audio information as a standalone zone player. 21. The system of claim 15, wherein the third zone player comprises: a network interface configured to connect the third zone player to the asynchronous network;at least one processor; andtangible, non-transitory computer-readable memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the third zone player, cause the third zone player to perform a third set of functions comprising:playing the second audio information associated with the second synchrony group;receiving control information from the controller device over the asynchronous network, the control information including an identification of the first zone player, and wherein the control information directs the third zone player to form the second synchrony group with the first zone player; andin response to receiving the control information from the controller device, (a) transmitting the second audio information to the first zone player, (b) transmitting second device clock timing information to the first zone player, and (c) playing the second audio information in synchrony with the first zone player based on the second device clock timing information. 22. The system of claim 15, wherein all zone players in the first synchrony group playback the first audio information based on the first device clock timing information that the first zone player provides to the first synchrony group during synchronous playback and first playback timing information that the first zone player provides to the first synchrony group during synchronous playback, and wherein all zone players in the second synchrony group playback the second audio information based on second device clock timing information that the third zone player provides to the second synchrony group during synchronous playback and second playback timing information that the third zone player provides to the second synchrony group during synchronous playback. 23. The system of claim 15, wherein all zone players in the first synchrony group playback the first audio information based on the first device clock timing information that the first zone player provides to the first synchrony group during synchronous playback and first playback timing information that the first zone player provides to the first synchrony group during synchronous playback, and wherein after joining the first zone player to the second synchrony group, all zone players in the second synchrony group playback the second audio information based on the first device clock timing information that the first zone player provides to the second synchrony group during synchronous playback and second playback timing information that the first zone player provides to the second synchrony group during synchronous playback.
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