ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,945, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Sonos Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Radio coexistence techniques for playback devices" was invented by Hrishikesh Gossain (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Zhaoyun Huang (Sudbury, Mass.) and Minho Cheong (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A playback device is provided. The device includes an interface. The interface includes a first radio to communicate in a first frequency range and a second radio to communicate in a second frequency range that at least partially overlaps with the first frequency range. The interface is configured to, after a determination that an operation is to be performed ...