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

Claim 10:
11. A system comprising a playback device, the playback device comprising:
an audio transducer;
at least one sensor;
at least one physical hardware component;
a housing carrying the audio transducer and the at least one physical hardware component, and the system comprising:
at least one processor; and
data storage including instructions that are executable by at least one processor such that the system is configured to:
cause the playback device to enter an inactive state in which the playback device is not actively playing audio via the audio transducer, wherein the at least one physical hardware component 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, via the 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 the housing of the playback device;
in response to detection of the indication that the user has entered proximity of the playback device, cause the playback device to 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, cause the playback device to: (i) stream, via a network interface, data representing the particular audio content from the network location remote from the 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.