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Utility
Playback Device Base
14 Sep 23
Example techniques may involve a playback device modifying its playback configuration when the playback device is placed onto a device base.
Benjamin Rappoport
Filed: 12 Dec 22
Utility
Accessing a cloud-based service
12 Sep 23
An example system is configured to (i) receive, from a user device over a WAN, a request for an authorization code corresponding to a media application on the user device, (ii) based on the request transmit, to the user device over the WAN, the authorization code, (iii) receive, from a media playback system over the WAN, an authorization request that includes the authorization code, (iv) determine that the authorization code in the authorization request is valid, (v) based on determining that the authorization code is valid, generate an authorization token, (vi) transmit, to the media playback system over the WAN, the authorization token, (vii) receive, from the media playback system over the WAN, a media request including the authorization token, and (viii) responsive to the media request and a determination that the authorization token is valid, transmit, over the WAN, media content to the media playback system.
Ron Kuper, Sherwin Liu, Emilio Arce, Arthur L. Coburn, IV
Filed: 18 Jan 23
Utility
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12 Sep 23
Disclosed herein are playback devices, groups of playback devices, and methods of operating playback devices and groupings thereof, wherein individual playback devices are configured to detect and correct clock rate drift by synchronizing a clock rate and perhaps clock time of a local clock to a remote time source.
Timothy Sheen, Steven Bechardt, Jeffrey Peters
Filed: 16 Apr 21
Utility
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12 Sep 23
Wireless headphones with user controls and methods for using are disclosed.
Jodi Vautrin, Aki Laine, Dana Krieger, Philippe Vossel, Vincent Shyu
Filed: 21 Aug 20
Utility
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12 Sep 23
A media system comprises one or more non-wearable playback devices, a gateway device, and a wearable playback device.
Alexia Delhoume, Brian Roberts, Elizabeth Dolman
Filed: 9 Sep 21
Utility
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12 Sep 23
The present application discloses playback devices and networks, software for operating playback devices and playback device networks, and methods of operating playback devices and networks, where an individual network device is configured to switch between operating various operating modes comprising a non-paired mode and a paired mode, where the playback device is configured to output various channels of audio content within various audio frequency ranges while operating in the various operating modes.
Christopher Kallai, Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Robert A. Lambourne, Robert Reimann, Mark Triplett
Filed: 10 Dec 21
Utility
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12 Sep 23
Example techniques involve a calibration state variable.
Dayn Wilberding, Neil Griffiths
Filed: 23 Nov 22
Utility
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12 Sep 23
Example techniques relate to re-establishing connectivity of playback devices.
Jeffrey Peters, Hrishikesh Gossain
Filed: 11 Mar 21
Utility
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12 Sep 23
Examples described herein involve selecting a group coordinator device for a zone group.
Hrishikesh Gossain
Filed: 1 Jul 21
Utility
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12 Sep 23
Examples described herein involve switching between two user accounts of a streaming media service.
Abhishek Kumar, Ron Kuper, Jason Kendall, Emilio Arce
Filed: 15 Dec 22
Utility
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12 Sep 23
A first networked device may perform operations including receiving, from a media source device, a media stream.
Arthur L. Coburn, IV
Filed: 26 Jul 21
Utility
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7 Sep 23
Earphone positioning and retention mechanisms are disclosed.
Brandon Holley, Wei-Hean Liew, Jerad Lewis, David Amaranto, Alexia Delhoume, Casper Asmussen, Victor Johansson
Filed: 10 May 23
Utility
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7 Sep 23
Example techniques may involve tuning a music discovery dial.
Christopher Alexis Kotelly, Dayn Wilberding, Ron Kuper, Heather Mendonca
Filed: 21 Feb 23
Utility
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7 Sep 23
Examples described herein may include a playback device receiving, from a control device, a validation-key that includes an application identifier corresponding to a controller application.
Andrew Schulert
Filed: 20 Oct 22
Utility
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7 Sep 23
Technology for grouping, consolidating, and pairing individual playback devices with network capability (players) to stimulate a multi-channel listening environment is disclosed.
Christopher Kallai, Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Robert A. Lambourne, Robert Reimann, Mark Triplett
Filed: 23 Dec 22
Utility
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5 Sep 23
An example embodiment includes a playback device comprising a wireless communications interface including a wireless (e.g., a radio frequency (RF) antenna), a capacitive sensor comprising an electrode that is coupled to the RF antenna, one or more processors, and a data storage having stored therein instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the playback device to perform operations.
Thomas Calatayud, Jonathon Reilly
Filed: 13 Sep 21
Utility
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5 Sep 23
Systems and methods discussed herein involve designating a default playback device in a local playback network.
Jonathan P. Lang
Filed: 10 May 21
Utility
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31 Aug 23
A first playback device can include a wireless network interface, an audio input interface, one or more processors, and data storage.
Niels van Erven, Yong Ma
Filed: 4 May 23
Utility
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31 Aug 23
Embodiments are described herein that provide searches, including a multi-dimensional search, a cross-source search, or both in a media playback system.
Paul Andrew Bates
Filed: 3 May 23
Utility
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31 Aug 23
In one aspect, a playback device includes a voice assistant service (VAS) wake-word engine and a command keyword engine.
Connor Smith, John Tolomei, Kurt Soto
Filed: 4 Nov 22