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Coordinator device for paired or consolidated players

  • US 9,288,596 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2013
  • Issued: 03/15/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A first playback device comprising:

  • one or more processors; and

    tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions encoded therein, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first playback device to perform a method comprising;

    comparing a wireless interface performance metric of the first playback device to a wireless interface performance metric of a second playback device, wherein the first playback device is a part of a zone group of playback devices comprising at least the first playback device and the second playback device, and wherein the zone group of playback devices is configured to render audio content from an audio source in synchrony;

    based on the comparison of the wireless interface performance metric of the first playback device and the wireless interface performance metric of the second playback device, configuring the first playback device to (a) receive the audio content from the audio source, and (b) forward at least a portion of the received audio content to the second playback device during rendering of the audio content by the zone group of playback devices;

    after forwarding the at least the portion of the received audio content to the second playback device, determining that the wireless interface performance metric of the second playback device is higher than the wireless interface performance metric of the first playback device; and

    based on the determination that the wireless interface performance metric of the second playback device is higher than the wireless interface performance metric of the first playback device, configuring the first playback device to stop forwarding the at least the portion of the received audio content to the second playback device during rendering of the audio content by the zone group of playback devices.

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