ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,109, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Sonos Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).
"Networked playback device" was invented by Nicholas A.J. Millington (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Tom Cullen (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Robert Reimann (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Brent Lehman (Santa Barbara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example playback device includes a first interface for receiving a first audio signal from a first audio source; a second interface for receiving a second audio signal from a second audio source; and a processor configured to: cause the playback device to playback the second audio signal; determine that the first audio signal i...