Patent ID: 11870475
Assignee: SONOS, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. The portable playback device of claim 15, wherein the data storage further comprises instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the portable playback device is configured to:
during playback of the fifth audio stream via the at least one audio transducer, receive a sixth audio stream, wherein the sixth audio stream is categorized as alert audio having a fourth priority that is higher than the third priority of the telephony audio;
modify playback of the earlier-received fifth audio stream based on the relative categories of the first and fifth audio streams, wherein the instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the portable playback device is configured to modify playback of the earlier-received fifth audio stream comprise instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the portable playback device is configured to mix the fifth audio stream with the sixth audio stream when the later-received sixth audio stream is categorized as alert audio;
while the fifth audio stream is mixed with the sixth audio stream, play back the mixed audio streams via the at least one audio transducer; and
when the later-received sixth audio stream ends, resume the fifth audio stream.