Granted Patent B2

US 12,495,258 · App. 18/487,290 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Inventors: Dayn Wilberding (Portland, OR); Timothy Sheen (Brighton, MA)

Assignee: Sonos, Inc.

H04R29/001G06F3/165H03G3/20H03G5/005H03G5/16H03G5/165H04R1/22H04R3/04H04R3/12H04R5/04H04R27/00H04R29/008H04S1/007H04S7/301H04R2227/005

Abstract

Claims (62)

1 . A computing system comprising:

at least one network interface;

at least one processor; and

at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

cause, via the at least one network interface, a network device to display, in a graphical user interface, graphical representations of multiple playback devices, wherein the multiple playback devices comprise first playback devices on a first local area network associated with a first physical location and second playback devices on a second local area network, different from the first local area network, associated with a second physical location;

receive respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the multiple playback devices, wherein a first portion of the respective acoustic calibration states comprise an uncalibrated state and wherein a second portion of the respective acoustic calibration states comprise a calibrated state;

cause, via the at least one network interface, the network device to display, in the graphical user interface, graphical representations of the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the first playback devices and the second playback devices; and

cause the network device to display a particular graphical indicator in association with a graphical representation of a particular first playback device to represent an uncalibrated state of the particular first playback device.

2 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to cause the network device to display the graphical representations of the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the first playback devices and the second playback devices comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

cause the network device to display the graphical representations of the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the first playback devices in a first interface of the graphical user interface; and

cause the network device to display the graphical representations of the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the second playback devices in a second interface of the graphical user interface.

3 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to cause the network device to display the graphical representations of the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the first playback devices and the second playback devices comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

cause the network device to forgo display of the particular graphical indicator in association with a graphical representation of a particular second playback device to represent a calibrated state of the particular first playback device.

4 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

receive, via the at least one network interface, an update to the acoustic calibration states; and

cause, via the at least one network interface, the network device to display, in the graphical user interface, updated graphical representations of the respective calibration states according to the received update.

5 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to receive the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the multiple playback devices comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

receive, via the at least one network interface, first data representing respective calibration states corresponding to the first playback devices; and

receive, via the at least one network interface, second data representing respective calibration states corresponding to the second playback devices.

6 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to receive the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the multiple playback devices comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

query, via the at least one network interface, at least one server for the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the first playback devices; and

query, via the at least one network interface, the at least one server for the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the second playback devices.

7 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to receive the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the multiple playback devices comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

receive an indication that an acoustic calibration was performed for a for the particular first playback device, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

update a calibration state of the particular first playback device from an uncalibrated state to a calibrated state.

8 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to receive the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the multiple playback devices comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

receive an indication that a particular second playback device was physically moved, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

update a calibration state of the particular second playback device from a calibrated state to an uncalibrated state.

9 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

cause, via the at least one network interface, an additional network device to display, in an additional graphical user interface, the graphical representations of the multiple playback devices; and

cause, via the at least one network interface, the additional network device to display, in the additional graphical user interface, graphical representations of the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the first playback devices and the second playback devices.

10 . At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by at least one processor such that a computing system is configured to:

cause, via at least one network interface, a network device to display, in a graphical user interface, graphical representations of multiple playback devices, wherein the multiple playback devices comprise first playback devices on a first local area network associated with a first physical location and second playback devices on a second local area network, different from the first local area network, associated with a second physical location, wherein at least one of the first playback devices is connected to the first local area network via a first wireless interface and wherein at least one of the second playback devices is connected to the second local area network via a second wireless interface;

receive respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the multiple playback devices, wherein a first portion of the respective acoustic calibration states comprise an uncalibrated state and wherein a second portion of the respective acoustic calibration states comprise a calibrated state;

cause, via the at least one network interface, the network device to display, in the graphical user interface, graphical representations of the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the first playback devices and the second playback devices; and

cause the network device to display a particular graphical indicator in association with a graphical representation of a particular first playback device to represent an uncalibrated state of the particular first playback device.

11 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to cause the network device to display the graphical representations of the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the first playback devices and the second playback devices comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

cause the network device to display the graphical representations of the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the first playback devices in a first interface of the graphical user interface; and

cause the network device to display the graphical representations of the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the second playback devices in a second interface of the graphical user interface.

12 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to cause the network device to display the graphical representations of the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the first playback devices and the second playback devices comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

cause the network device to forgo display of the particular graphical indicator in association with a graphical representation of a particular second playback device to represent a calibrated state of the particular first playback device.

13 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

receive, via the at least one network interface, an update to the acoustic calibration states; and

cause, via the at least one network interface, the network device to display, in the graphical user interface, updated graphical representations of the respective calibration states according to the received update.

14 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to receive the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the multiple playback devices comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

receive, via the at least one network interface, first data representing respective calibration states corresponding to the first playback devices; and

receive, via the at least one network interface, second data representing respective calibration states corresponding to the second playback devices.

15 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to receive the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the multiple playback devices comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

query, via the at least one network interface, at least one server for the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the first playback devices; and

query, via the at least one network interface, the at least one server for the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the second playback devices.

16 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to receive the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the multiple playback devices comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

receive an indication that an acoustic calibration was performed for a for the particular first playback device, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

update a calibration state of the particular first playback device from an uncalibrated state to a calibrated state.

17 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to receive the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the multiple playback devices comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

receive an indication that particular second playback device was physically moved, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

update a calibration state of the particular second playback device from an uncalibrated state to a calibrated state.

18 . A method comprising:

causing, via at least one network interface of a computing system, a network device to display, in a graphical user interface, graphical representations of multiple playback devices, wherein the multiple playback devices comprise first playback devices on a first local area network associated with a first physical location and second playback devices on a second local area network, different from the first local area network, associated with a second physical location;

receiving respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the multiple playback devices, wherein a first portion of the respective acoustic calibration states comprise an uncalibrated state and wherein a second portion of the respective acoustic calibration states comprise a calibrated state;

causing, via the at least one network interface, the network device to display, in the graphical user interface, graphical representations of the respective acoustic calibration states corresponding to the first playback devices and the second playback devices; and

causing the network device to display a particular graphical indicator in association with a graphical representation of a particular first playback device to represent an uncalibrated state of the particular first playback device.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the first physical location is a first household and the second physical location is a second household different from the first household.

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