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MILLINGTON NICHOLAS A J

US173 patents

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MILLINGTON NICHOLAS A J

SONOS INC

Voice control of a media playback system

Voice control of a media playback system

Method and apparatus for playback by a synchrony group

Method and apparatus for switching between a directly connected and a networked audio source

Method and apparatus for adjusting volume in a synchrony group

Voice control of a media playback system

System and method for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices

Systems and methods for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices that independently source digital data

Method and apparatus for controlling multimedia players in a multi-zone system

Voice control of a media playback system

Voice control of a media playback system

Playback device

Playback device

Playback device

Leaving group and smart line-in processing

Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to provide guest access

Systems and methods for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices that independently source digital data

Establishing a secure wireless network with a minimum human intervention

Systems and methods for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices without a voltage controlled crystal oscillator

Systems and methods for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices without a voltage controlled crystal oscillator

Systems and methods for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices without a voltage controlled crystal oscillator

System and method for synchronizing channel handoff as among a plurality of devices

Systems and methods for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices without a voltage controlled crystal oscillator

Obtaining content from direct source and remote source

Causing a device to join a synchrony group

Resynchronization of playback devices

Resuming synchronous playback of content

Systems and methods for controlling media players in a synchrony group

Method and apparatus for synchrony group control via one or more independent controllers

Obtaining content from remote source for playback

Method and apparatus for providing audio and playback timing information to a plurality of networked audio devices

Method and apparatus for causing a device to join a synchrony group

Method and apparatus for providing synchrony group status information

Method and apparatus for obtaining audio content and providing the audio content to a plurality of audio devices in a multi-zone system

Method and apparatus for skipping tracks in a multi-zone system

Playback device control

Adjusting volume levels

Method and apparatus for displaying single and container items in a play queue

Method and apparatus for providing synchrony group status information

MILLINGTON NICHOLAS A J

Method and apparatus for displaying zones in a multi-zone system

Systems and methods for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices that independently source digital data

System and method for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices

Systems and methods for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices that independently source digital data

Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to control audio playback devices

Establishing a secure wireless network with minimum human intervention

Establishing a secure wireless network with minimum human intervention

System and method for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices

System and method for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices

LAMBOURNE ROBERT A

Method and apparatus for adjusting volume levels in a multi-zone system

COBURN IV ARTHUR L

Method and apparatus for managing a playlist by metadata