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

Claim 19:
20. A method carried out by a playback device having a wireless network interface, the method comprising:
detecting an input indicating a command to power up the playback device;
based on the detected input, beginning 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, causing the wireless network interface to scan for available wireless networks of the at least one wireless network type;
identifying, via the wireless network interface, at least one available wireless network of the at least one wireless network type;
storing 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, using 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.