Patent ID: 11956480
Assignee: SONOS, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium is provisioned with program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a first playback device to:
based on a received grouping command, form a group with a second playback device such that the first playback device and the second playback device are configured to coordinate for synchronous playback of media content provided by a media source device that is configured to communicate via a first media playback protocol;
after forming the group with the second playback device, receive, via a second media playback protocol, an ungrouping command to ungroup the first playback device from the group, wherein the second media playback protocol is incompatible with the first media playback protocol;
generate a converted ungrouping command based on the ungrouping command, wherein the converted ungrouping command is compatible with the first media playback protocol; and
transmit the converted ungrouping command via the first media playback protocol to the media source device.