bpa wrote: > Similarly I don't know the patent details but IIRC Sonos and Google > speakers sorted out syncing by exchanges between the players whereas LMS > did sync centrally from LMS and I think early Sonos had proprietary non > TCP comms.
I posted a link to the patent earlier in this thread: https://patents.google.com/patent/US8588949B2/en Quote: "Abstract A multimedia controller including a processor, the controller configured to: provide a user interface for a player group, wherein the player group includes a plurality of players in a local area network, and wherein each player is configured to playback a multimedia output from a multimedia source; accept an input to facilitate formation of the player group, indicating that at least two of the players in the local area network are to be included in the player group; for each of the plurality of players within the player group, accept an input to adjust a volume associated with the player, that causes the player to adjust its volume; and accept an input to adjust a volume associated with the player group, wherein the input to adjust the volume associated with the group causes the players in the player group to adjust their volumes." Slim Devices clearly had sold products with this facility earlier than even the June 2003 priority date claimed by Sonos in the 2013 patent above that is the basis of their claims against Google. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ftlight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5294 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115721 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
