ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,489, issued on May 6, was assigned to Sonos Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).
"Proximal playback devices" was invented by Nick D'Amato (Santa Barbara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods disclosed herein include, determining a proximity of the first networked device to a second networked device, determining whether there is a wired network connection existing between the first networked device and the second networked device, and in response to determining the proximity and the existence of a wired network connection, reconfiguring one or more operational parameters of one or both of the first networked device and the seco...