Patent ID: 11947870
Assignee: SONOS, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 19:
20. A method carried out by a system comprising at least one network microphone device, the method comprising:
receiving, via the at least one network microphone device, a voice command for a given playback device and one or more other playback devices to be grouped for synchronous playback of audio content, wherein the voice command identifies the given playback device and does not identify the one or more other playback devices;
based on state information for one or more devices of the system:
identifying a first playback device of the one or more other playback devices that is to be grouped with the given playback device for synchronous playback of audio content; and
selecting the identified first playback device to be grouped with the given playback device for synchronous playback of audio content; and

based on the voice command, causing the identified first playback device and the given playback device to form a synchrony group such that the identified first playback device and the given playback device are configured to coordinate for (i) synchronous playback of audio content and (ii) synchronous execution of playback control commands.