ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,071, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Sonos Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).
"Techniques for intelligent home theater configuration" was invented by Paul Peace (Boston) and Richard Jackson (Boston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example computing device is configured to: display an interface that enables configuration of an audio subsystem within a local media playback system and includes one or more configuration options for the audio subsystem based on available playback devices of the local media playback system; receive a first input indicating a selection of a given configuration that comprises a given number of component playback d...