Patent ID: 11934739
Assignee: SONOS, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. The computing device of claim 1, further comprising program instructions stored on the tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media that are executable by the one or more processors such that the computing device, while operating as the audio information channel device for the synchrony group, is configured to:
while the first and second zone players are playing back the second audio content in synchrony, receive a request for the synchrony group to switch from playing back the second audio content to playing back new audio content; and
in response to receiving the request for the synchrony group to switch from playing back the second audio content to playing back the new audio content:
transmit, to the first and second zone players over the asynchronous data network, a command to terminate playback of the second audio content;
generate playback timing information associated with the new audio content that comprises an indicator of a second future time, relative to the clock time of the computing device, at which the first and second zone players are to initiate synchronous playback of the new audio content; and
transmit the playback timing information associated with the new audio content and audio information representing the new audio content to the first and second zone players over the asynchronous data network and thereby cause the first and second zone players to play back the new audio content in synchrony.