ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,474, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Sonos Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).
"Device group identification" was invented by Arthur L. Coburn IV (Lexington, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example techniques involve identification of device groups. In an example implementation, a mobile device displays, via a control application, a synchrony group control including controls to select playback devices for a synchrony group. The mobile device receives input data representing a command to create a new synchrony group, the input data including input data representing selection of two or more playback devices for a new synchrony group. In resp...