Patent ID: 11943823
Assignee: SONOS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A playback device comprising:
at least one processor;
a wireless network interface;
non-transitory computer-readable medium; and
program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium that are executable by the at least one processor such that the playback device is configured to:
detect an input indicating a command to power up the playback device;
based on the detected input, begin initialization of the wireless network interface;
after beginning initialization of the wireless network interface but before the playback device is capable of establishing a connection to at least one wireless network type via the wireless network interface, cause the wireless network interface to scan for available wireless networks of the at least one wireless network type;
identify, via the wireless network interface, at least one available wireless network of the at least one wireless network type;
store an indication of the at least one available wireless network; and
after the playback device is capable of establishing a connection to the at least one type of wireless network via the wireless network interface, use the stored indication of the at least one available wireless network to establish a connection to a given wireless network of the at least one available wireless network.