Patent ID: 11941321
Assignee: SONOS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A first playback device comprising:
at least one processor;
a 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 first playback device is configured to:
while playing back audio content, capture, via a microphone of the first playback device, ambient noise in an environment of the first playback device;
determine a volume of the ambient noise;
determine that a second playback device is playing back the audio content in the environment of the first playback device, wherein the first playback device and the second playback device are configured for synchronously playing back the audio content; and
based on both (i) the determined volume of the ambient noise and (ii) the determination that the second playback device is playing back the audio content in the environment of the first playback device, cause a playback characteristic of at least one of the second playback device or the first playback device to be altered to reduce an audio interference between (i) the ambient noise and (ii) the audio content.