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(11) EP 4 064 733 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.12.2022 Bulletin 2022/50

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.09.2022 Bulletin 2022/39

(21) Application number: 21210296.6

(22) Date of filing: 24.02.2016
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04R 27/00(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
H04R 27/00; H04R 2227/003; H04R 2227/005; H04R 2420/07
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(30) Priority: 25.02.2015 US 201514631723
25.02.2015 US 201514631713

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
19208160.2 / 3641346
16711922.1 / 3111674

(71) Applicant: Sonos, Inc.
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • FULLERTON, Benjamin
    Santa Barbara, 93101 (US)
  • HOLMUNG, Ingve
    Santa Barbara, 93101 (US)

(74) Representative: EIP 
Fairfax House 15 Fulwood Place
London WC1V 6HU
London WC1V 6HU (GB)

   


(54) PLAYBACK EXPANSION


(57) Examples described herein involve expanding playback of a media item from a first playback device to a second playback device. In one example, a first playback device of a first zone, identifies a second playback device within a proximity of the first playback device, determines that the second playback device is playing a media item as part of a second zone, and based on the determination, joins the second zone and begins playing the media item in synchrony with the second playback device. In another example, a first playback device, while playing a media item as part of a first zone, determines that a second playback device of a second zone has entered a proximity of the first playback device, and responsively, causes the second playback device to join the first zone and begin playing the media item in synchrony with the first playback device.







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