Patent ID: 11886496
Assignee: SONOS, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. A playback device comprising:
at least one audio transducer;
a network interface;
at least one processor; and
data storage comprising program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the playback device is configured to:
receive, via the network interface from a first instance of a particular control application on a first control device, first data representing a command to add particular audio tracks to a playback queue;
assign ownership of the playback queue to the first instance of the particular control application;
add the particular audio tracks to the playback queue according to the first data representing the command;
play back at least a portion of the particular audio tracks via the at least one audio transducer;
receive, via the network interface from a second instance of the particular control application on a second control device, second data representing a request to control the playback device;
assign ownership of the playback queue to the second instance of the particular control application according to the received request to control the playback device represented by the second data;
receive, via the network interface from the second instance of the particular control application on the second control device, third data representing a playback command to control playback of the playback queue; and
perform the playback command on the playback queue.