Patent ID: 9681232
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G06F,H03G,H04L,H04R

Claim:
1. A first playback device comprising: a speaker driver; a processor; and a tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a set of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the first playback device to implement a method, the method including: receiving, from a first audio information source, first audio information; playing back, via the speaker driver, the first audio information; receiving, from a second audio information source, (i) a first message, and (ii) second audio information; and in response to receiving the first message from the second audio information source: (i) determining that the first playback device and a second playback device are configured to playback the second audio information; (ii) stopping play back of the first audio information; (iii) playing back, via the speaker driver, the second audio information; and (iv) sending the second audio information to the second playback device.