Patent ID: 11907614
Assignee: SONOS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A system comprising:
a first playback device comprising at least one wireless communications interface and at least one first speaker;
at least one processor; and
data storage comprising instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the system is configured to:
while the first playback device is playing particular audio content via the at least one first speaker, receive, via the at least one wireless communications interface, a first wireless transmission according to a first wireless communications protocol;
determine, based on the first wireless transmission according to the first wireless communications protocol, that the first playback device is within a given physical proximity of a second playback device; and
send, via the at least one wireless communications interface, a second wireless transmission according to a second wireless communications protocol, the second wireless transmission comprising instructions to cause the second playback device to join a synchrony group comprising the first playback device and begin to play the particular audio content in synchrony with the first playback device via at least one second speaker, wherein a group coordinator of the synchrony group synchronizes playback of the particular audio content via the second wireless communications protocol.