1646 patents
Utility
Radio Coexistence Techniques for Playback Devices
18 Jan 24
A playback device is provided.
Hrishikesh Gossain, Zhaoyun Huang, Minho Cheong
Filed: 19 Jul 23
Utility
Priority Media Content
18 Jan 24
A cloud-based computing system is configured to (i) maintain a scheduled playlist of media items, a current playback position within the scheduled playlist, and a priority media item for playback, (ii) receive, from a first playback device associated with an account, a first request to play back the scheduled playlist, (iii) transmit the priority media item to the first playback device for playback before any media item from the scheduled playlist, (iv) receive, from a second playback device associated with the account, a second request to play back the scheduled playlist, (v) determine that the priority media item should not be transmitted to the second playback device, and (vi) after determining that the priority media item should not be transmitted to the second playback device, transmit one or more media items from the scheduled playlist to the second playback device based on the current playback position within the scheduled playlist.
Ryan Taylor, Joseph Dawson
Filed: 17 Jul 23
Utility
Temporary configuration of a media playback system
16 Jan 24
Example techniques may involve temporary configuration of a media playback system in a place of accommodation, such as a hotel.
Paul Andrew Bates
Filed: 17 Nov 21
Utility
Playback device calibration
16 Jan 24
Systems and methods for calibrating a playback device include (i) outputting first audio content; (ii) capturing audio data representing reflections of the first audio content within a room in which the playback device is located; (iii) based on the captured audio data, determining an acoustic response of the room; (iv) connecting to a database comprising a plurality of sets of stored audio calibration settings, each set associated with a respective stored acoustic room response of a plurality of stored acoustic room responses; (v) querying the database for a stored acoustic room response that corresponds to the determined acoustic response of the room in which the playback device is located; and (vi) applying to the playback device a particular set of stored audio calibration settings associated with the stored acoustic room response that corresponds to the determined acoustic response of the room in which the playback device is located.
Timothy Sheen
Filed: 27 May 22
Utility
Portable Playback Device Power Management
11 Jan 24
Example techniques related to portable playback device power management.
Joshua Nicholas, Brenda Stefani, Liang Chai, Xiang Wang, Allan Velzy, Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III, Hrishikesh Gossain
Filed: 25 Sep 23
Utility
Playback Zone Management
11 Jan 24
Some embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods include displaying a graphical user interface comprising a first section and a second section, wherein the first section includes a first media icon corresponding to a first media item, and wherein the second section includes a first zone icon corresponding to a first zone comprising a first set of one or more playback devices; and in response to detecting a drag of the first media icon to the first zone icon, instructing at least one playback device in the first set of one or more playback devices to play the first media item corresponding to the first media icon.
Robert Reimann, Joni Hoadley
Filed: 29 Jun 23
Utility
Contextual Indexing of Media Items
11 Jan 24
Example techniques related to a sub-index of a media index.
Amber Brown, Diane Roberts
Filed: 25 Sep 23
Utility
Playback Session Transitions Across Different Platforms
11 Jan 24
As noted above, example techniques relate to playback transitions between platforms.
Dinesh Kannan
Filed: 10 Jul 23
Utility
Sound Bar to Provide Information Associated with a Media Item
11 Jan 24
Example techniques relate to a soundbar that provides information associated with a media item.
Ron Kuper
Filed: 10 Jul 23
Utility
Playback Transitions
11 Jan 24
Examples described herein relate to transitioning a playback session between portable playback devices such as “smart” headphones, earbuds, and handheld speakers with playback devices of a zone-based media playback system.
Dayn Wilberding, Youjin Nam, Tadeo T. Toulis, Jonathan Cole Harris, Patrick Devine, Nicholas A.J. Millington, Jodi Vautrin, Maria-Jose Ramos, Richard Bannon, Michael Sheldon, Ted Lin, Ron Kuper, Kirsten Lewis, Jake Harwood, Jonathan Herbst
Filed: 12 Jul 23
Utility
Validation of Audio Calibration Using Multi-Dimensional Motion Check
11 Jan 24
Examples described herein involve validating motion of a microphone during calibration of a playback device.
Jonathan Downing, Timothy Sheen, Daniel Valente
Filed: 12 Jul 23
Utility
Offline voice control
9 Jan 24
As noted above, example techniques relate to offline voice control.
Connor Smith
Filed: 13 Dec 21
Utility
Audio playback management of multiple concurrent connections
9 Jan 24
Examples described herein relate to management of concurrent audio streams from different sources.
Jodi Vautrin, Matt Pandina, Elizabeth Dolman, Ken Hu, Jason Yore, Matthew Moore, Ted Lin, Richard Bannon, Chris Babroski, Robert Bermani
Filed: 27 Sep 21
Utility
Locally Distributed Keyword Detection
4 Jan 24
In one aspect, a playback device includes a command-keyword engine having a local natural language unit (NLU).
Nick D'Amato, Connor Kristopher Smith
Filed: 24 Aug 23
Utility
Cable Assemblies for Headphone Devices
4 Jan 24
Headphone playback devices can include a cable assembly including a plurality of conductors extending between a first earpiece and a second earpiece.
Ronald W. Roberts, Mark Gerlovin, Mark Viscusi
Filed: 12 Jul 23
Utility
Spatial Audio Correction
4 Jan 24
Example techniques may involve performing aspects of a spatial calibration.
Timothy Sheen
Filed: 21 Jun 23
Utility
Calibration of a Playback Device Based on an Estimated Frequency Response
4 Jan 24
An example playback device is configured to receive a first stream of audio comprising source audio content to be played back by the playback device and record, via one or more microphones of the playback device, an audio signal output by the playback device based on the playback device playing the source audio content.
Shao-Fu Shih, Patrick McPherson
Filed: 28 Jun 23
Utility
Noise Classification for Event Detection
4 Jan 24
In one aspect, a network microphone device includes a plurality of microphones and is configured to detect sound via the one or more microphones.
Nick D'Amato, Kurt Thomas Soto, Connor Kristopher Smith
Filed: 8 Jun 23
Utility
Systems and Methods of Audio Decoder Determination and Selection
4 Jan 24
Playback devices can support audio encoded using various encoding schemes.
Nicholas Maniskas, Cameron Korb, Govind Jeyaram
Filed: 26 May 23
Utility
Immersive Audio In a Media Playback System
4 Jan 24
Embodiments described herein involve an auxiliary zone contributing audio to a primary zone.
Jonathan Lang
Filed: 18 Sep 23