Patent ID: 11962815
Assignee: SONOS, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium is provisioned with program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a first networked device to:
receive, from a media source device, a first media stream using a first media playback protocol, wherein the first networked device and the media source device are configured to use the first media playback protocol;
receive, from a second networked device, a second media stream identifier that corresponds to a second media stream received by the second networked device from the media source device using the first media playback protocol;
determine a common stream characteristic between the first media stream and the second media stream;
after determining the common stream characteristic between the first media stream and the second media stream, group the second networked device with the first networked device using a second media playback protocol, wherein the first networked device and the second networked device are configured to use the first media playback protocol and the second media playback protocol, and wherein the first media playback protocol and the second media playback protocol are incompatible; and
transmit, to a controller device, an indication that the first networked device and the second networked device are grouped.