Patent ID: 8843228
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: G05B,G06F,H03G,H04H,H04N,H04R

Abstract:
1. In a network comprising a plurality of independent playback devices, a method comprising: receiving via the network by a controller device, a zone configuration from one of the plurality of independent playback devices, wherein the zone configuration is maintained at one or more of the plurality of independent playback devices, and wherein the zone configuration characterizes one or more zone scenes, each zone scene identifying a group configuration associated with two or more of the plurality of independent playback devices; receiving, by the controller device, an input to invoke a zone scene of the one or more zone scenes; and based on the input, instructing, by the controller device, two or more of the plurality of independent playback devices to be grouped in accordance with the invoked zone scene.