Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiple household management interface
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Application No.: US16143301Application Date: 2018-09-26
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Publication No.: US10341736B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Ron Kuper , Arthur L. Coburn, IV , John Meyer , Mike Delaney
- Applicant: Sonos, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: H04N21/4788
- IPC: H04N21/4788 ; H04N21/436 ; H04L29/08 ; G11B27/34 ; H04N21/482 ; G06F3/0482 ; G06F3/0484 ; G11B27/10 ; H04L12/24

Abstract:
Embodiments described herein include systems and methods for providing a social interface for sharing media experience information between households in a community. Users of different households may form the community. The social interface may be provided as an application on a mobile device or an Internet webpage as a portal to the community. An example implementation involves a device displaying representations of: a plurality of households; an indication of a selected household; one or more zones within the selected household; and a representation of media being played by a selected zone of the one or more zones. While displaying the representations, the device receives, from a server, data indicating updated information associated with the plurality of households; and, in response, updates the graphical display to display at least an updated representation of media being played by the selected zone.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190052935A1 Media Experience Social Interface Public/Granted day:2019-02-14
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