ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,138, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Sonos Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Low-latency audio networking" was invented by Hrishikesh Gossain (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Jeffrey M. Peters (Cambridge, Mass.), Nicholas A.J. Millington (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Steven Beckhardt (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Low-latency audio networking is disclosed. In one embodiment, an example playback device includes a processor and memory having stored thereon instructions executable by the processor. The example instructions are to cause the first playback device to perform functions comprising: receiving audio information; selecting a first frequ...