Patent ID: 11870475
Assignee: SONOS, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. The portable playback device of claim 12, wherein the data storage further comprises instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the portable playback device is configured to:
during playback of the first audio stream via the at least one audio transducer, receive, from the second source via the second network interface, a fifth audio stream, wherein the fifth audio stream is categorized as telephony audio having a third priority that is higher than the first priority of the content audio;
modify playback of the earlier-received first audio stream based on the relative categories of the first and fifth audio streams, wherein the instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the portable playback device is configured to modify playback of the earlier-received first audio stream comprise instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the portable playback device is configured to pause the first audio stream when the later-received fifth audio stream is categorized as voice telephony audio;
while the first audio stream is paused, play back the fifth audio stream via the at least one audio transducer; and
when the later-received fifth audio stream ends, resume the first audio stream.