Patent ID: 11902752
Assignee: SONOS, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
a first playback device of a media playback system configured to communicate over at least one data network; and
at least one remote computing device configured to communicate with the media playback system over the at least one data network;
wherein the first playback device comprises:
at least one first processor;
a first non-transitory computer-readable medium; and
program instructions stored on the first non-transitory computer-readable medium that are executable by the at least one first processor such that the first playback device is configured to:
play back a first version of audio content;
cause a second playback device to play back the first version of the audio content in synchrony with the first playback device;
while the first and the second playback devices are synchronously playing back the first version of the audio content:
detect a change in a network condition of the media playback system; and
based on the detected change in the network condition, identify a second version of the audio content;

transition from playing back the first version of the audio content to playing back the second version of the audio content; and
cause the second playback device to transition from playing back the first version of the audio content to playing back the second version of the audio content in synchrony with the first playback device; and

wherein the at least one remote computing device comprises:
at least one second processor;
at least one second non-transitory computer-readable medium; and
program instructions stored on the at least one second non-transitory computer-readable medium that are executable by the at least one second processor such that the at least one remote computing device is configured to:
transmit the first version of the audio content via the at least one data network; and
transmit the second version of the audio content via the at least one data network.