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Volume management in a media playback system

  • US 10,536,777 B2
  • Filed: 08/06/2018
  • Issued: 01/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A first playback device comprising:

  • a network interface;

    one or more speakers;

    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;

    playing, via the one or more speakers, audio content at a first volume level as part of a first audio playback configuration that consists of a first zone that includes the first playback device;

    storing, in a data storage, the first volume level in association with the first audio playback configuration;

    joining a second audio playback configuration comprising the first zone and a second zone configured to play back in synchrony, wherein the second zone includes a second playback device;

    adjusting the first playback device to play audio content at a second volume level as part of the second audio playback configuration;

    while the first playback device is playing audio at the second volume level as part of the second audio playback configuration, receiving, via the network interface, a command to play audio content as part of the first audio playback configuration; and

    in response to receiving the command to play audio as part of the first audio playback configuration;

    (i) leaving the second audio playback configuration, (ii) identifying the first volume level in the data storage; and

    (iii) adjusting the first playback device to play audio content at the identified first volume level as part of the first audio playback configuration.

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