ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,635, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Sonos Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).
"Multi-network playback devices" was invented by William Shoesmith (Arlington, Mass.), Jason Yore (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Jeffrey M. Peters (Cambridge, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A playback device includes programming for connecting to a first wireless local area network (WLAN) and storing a first set of network configuration parameters including an identifier of the first WLAN and a first security parameter for the first WLAN. The functions also include disconnecting from the first WLAN, receiving a second set of network configuration parameters inclu...