Speaker discovery and assignment
First Claim
1. A device comprising:
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memory, wherein the memory contains one or more processor executable instructions that when executed, cause the one or more processors to;
create a first speaker group;
discover one or more wireless speakers in communication with the device;
output to a display device, a prompt indicating at least one speaker location;
output to the display device, a list of wireless speakers, wherein the list of wireless speakers corresponds to the discovered one or more wireless speakers;
receive a selection of a wireless speaker from the list of wireless speakers, wherein the selected wireless speaker has been previously assigned to a second speaker group;
assign the selected wireless speaker to the first speaker group such that the selected wireless speaker is assigned to the first speaker group and the second speaker group at a same time, wherein the first speaker group includes a plurality of wireless speakers, and wherein the second speaker group includes a plurality of wireless speakers at least one of which is not included in the first speaker group;
associate the selected wireless speaker to the at least one speaker location;
receive audio content from an audio source; and
transmit the received audio content to the plurality of wireless speakers of the first speaker group over a wireless communication network.
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Abstract
Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for discovering and assigning wireless speakers to one or more devices capable of providing audio content. In some embodiments, the speakers may receive one or more channels of multi-channel audio content. In some embodiments, one or more wireless speakers are discovered, a prompt identifying at least one speaker location is provided at an output device, a list of wireless speakers is provided to the output device, wherein the list of wireless speakers corresponds to the discovered one or more wireless speakers, a selection of a wireless speaker from the list of wireless speakers is received; and the selected wireless speaker is associated to the at least one speaker location.
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20 Claims
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1. A device comprising:
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one or more processors; and memory, wherein the memory contains one or more processor executable instructions that when executed, cause the one or more processors to; create a first speaker group; discover one or more wireless speakers in communication with the device; output to a display device, a prompt indicating at least one speaker location; output to the display device, a list of wireless speakers, wherein the list of wireless speakers corresponds to the discovered one or more wireless speakers; receive a selection of a wireless speaker from the list of wireless speakers, wherein the selected wireless speaker has been previously assigned to a second speaker group; assign the selected wireless speaker to the first speaker group such that the selected wireless speaker is assigned to the first speaker group and the second speaker group at a same time, wherein the first speaker group includes a plurality of wireless speakers, and wherein the second speaker group includes a plurality of wireless speakers at least one of which is not included in the first speaker group; associate the selected wireless speaker to the at least one speaker location; receive audio content from an audio source; and transmit the received audio content to the plurality of wireless speakers of the first speaker group over a wireless communication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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discovering one or more wireless speakers in communication with an audio processing device; outputting to a display device, a prompt identifying at least one speaker location; outputting to the display device, a list of wireless speakers, wherein the list of wireless speakers corresponds to the discovered one or more wireless speakers; receiving a selection of a wireless speaker from the list of wireless speakers, wherein the selected wireless speaker is assigned to a first speaker group; associating the selected wireless speaker to the at least one speaker location; assigning the selected wireless speaker to a second speaker group such that the selected wireless speaker is simultaneously assigned to the first and second speaker group, wherein the first speaker group includes a plurality of wireless speakers, and wherein the second speaker group includes a plurality of wireless speakers at least one of which is not included in the first speaker group; receiving, by the audio processing device, audio content from an audio source; and transmitting, by the audio processing device, the received audio content to the plurality of wireless speakers of the first speaker group over a wireless communication network. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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creating a first speaker group; discovering one or more wireless speakers in communication with an audio processing device; causing at least one of (i) an audio tone to be emitted from at least one wireless speaker of the one or more wireless speakers and/or (ii) at least one visual indicator to turn on and off for at least one wireless speaker of the one or more wireless speakers; outputting to a display device, at least one of (i) a speaker diagram illustrating a speaker configuration and/or (ii) a list of wireless speakers; receiving a selection of a speaker location from the at least one of (i) the speaker diagram and/or (ii) the list of wireless speakers; associating the selected speaker location to the at least one wireless speaker; assigning the at least one wireless speaker to the first speaker group such that the at least one wireless speaker is assigned to the first speaker group and a second speaker group at a same time, wherein the first speaker group includes a plurality of wireless speakers, and wherein the second speaker group includes a plurality of wireless speakers at least one of which is not included in the first speaker group; receiving, by the audio processing device, audio content from an audio source; and transmitting, by the audio processing device, the received audio content to the plurality of wireless speakers of the first speaker group over a wireless communication network.
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