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

Claim 17:
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium is also provisioned with program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the playback device to:
based on the detected input, begin initialization of an application for retrieval and playback of audio content via the wireless network interface;
after beginning initialization of the application for retrieval and playback of audio content but before the playback device has obtained an interne protocol (IP) address:
determine that an initialization operation requires an IP address; and
defer execution of the initialization operation that requires an IP address;

receive an indication that the playback device has obtained an IP address; and
based on receiving the indication that the playback device has obtained the IP address, execute the deferred initialization operation.