PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16009182
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["700", "094000"]

Abstract:
In general, user interfaces for controlling a plurality of multimedia players in groups are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a user interface is provided to allow a user to group some of the players according to a theme or scene, where each of the players is located in a zone. When the scene is activated, the players in the scene react in a synchronized manner. For example, the players in the scene are all caused to play a multimedia source or music in a playlist, wherein the multimedia source may be located anywhere on a network. The user interface is further configured to illustrate graphically a size of a group, the larger the group appears relatively, the more plays there are in the group.

Claim (Index 9):
A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a computing device to perform functions comprising:\n providing a user interface to control volume of a media player group, wherein the media player group comprises at least two media players, wherein the at least two media players comprise a first media player and a second media player connected to a local area network; receiving a first input to adjust a first-media-player-specific volume indicator representing a first volume level of a first media player in the media player group; in response to receiving the first input, transmitting, to the first media player, a first instruction, wherein the first instruction causes the first media player to adjust its volume; receiving a second input to adjust a group volume indicator having a volume level that is determined based on the volume levels of the at least two media players; and in response to receiving the second input, (i) sending, to the first media player, a second instruction, wherein the second instruction causes the first media player to adjust its volume in proportion to the adjustment of the group volume indicator and (ii) sending, to the second media player, a third instruction, wherein the third instruction causes the second media player to adjust its volume in proportion to the adjustment of the group volume indicator.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.04348
- Patent Class: 700.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14808875', '15243355', '13619237', '11853790', '15095145']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3784352373090124
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5093197437863888
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3915236879567501
- Mean Citation Score: 312.822098
- Max Citation Score: 325.3835
- Similarity Product: 257.4295912128688

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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