Patent ID: 11916991
Assignee: SONOS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. The first playback device of claim 10, wherein the program instructions that are executable by the one or more processors such that the first playback device is configured to coordinate playback of the media content in the groupwise manner with one or more other playback devices via the control messages exchanged with the second playback device comprise program instructions that are executable by the one or more processors such that the first playback device is configured to, for an individual packet comprising media content:
extract a portion of the media content from the individual packet, wherein the individual packet is received via one of (i) the first stream of packets addressed to the second playback device, or (ii) the second stream of packets addressed to the broadcast group comprising the first playback device;
create an adjusted playback time for the media content within the individual packet by adjusting a playback time for the media content based on the timing offset, wherein the playback time is one of (i) received via the control messages exchanged with the second playback device or (ii) contained within the individual packet received via second wireless channel; and
play the portion of media content extracted from the individual packet when a local clock at the first playback device reaches the adjusted playback time.