Patent ID: 11863944
Assignee: SONOS, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 19:
20. A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a playback device to:
enter an inactive state in which the playback device is not actively playing audio via an audio transducer, wherein at least one physical hardware component of the playback device is a first power mode while the playback device is in the inactive state, and wherein the at least one physical hardware component is configured to consume less power in the first power mode relative to a second power mode;
while the playback device is in the inactive state, detect, at least one sensor, an indication that a user has entered proximity of the playback device, wherein the at least one sensor is configured to detect that the user has entered the proximity of the playback device before the user touches a housing of the playback device;
in response to detection of the indication that the user has entered proximity of the playback device, enter an active state, wherein the at least one physical hardware component is the second power mode while the playback device is in the active state;
while the playback device is in the active state, receive an instruction to cause the playback device to render particular audio content, wherein the particular audio content is stored at a network location remote from the playback device; and
responsive to receipt of the instruction: (i) stream, via a network interface, data representing the particular audio content from the network location remote from first playback device, (ii) process the data representing the particular audio content into one or more analog signals representing the particular audio content and (iii) play back the particular audio content via an amplifier that amplifies the one or more analog signals for output via the audio transducer.