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 1):
A computer-implemented method, comprising:\n providing, by a computing device, a group volume control and a plurality of individual volume controls, wherein each individual volume control includes a setting to control a volume of a respective individual audio output device and the group volume control including a setting for controlling at least two of the plurality of individual volume controls, each having an initial relationship with the group volume control; and receiving an adjustment of a setting of a volume control, wherein:\n in response to receiving the adjustment:\n adjusting a setting of at least one individual volume control of the plurality of individual volume controls in proportion to the adjustment of the setting of the group volume control.

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): 0.3783528248405742
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5109808337642051
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3916156257329373
- Mean Citation Score: 312.822098
- Max Citation Score: 325.3835
- Similarity Product: 242.47094795835025

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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