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Utility
Management of Media Content Playback
29 Jun 23
Example techniques may involve managing playback of media content by a playback device.
Yean-Nian W. Chen, IV
Filed: 19 Dec 22
Utility
Multi-Network Playback Devices
29 Jun 23
A playback device includes programming for connecting to a first wireless local area network (WLAN) and storing a first set of network configuration parameters including an identifier of the first WLAN and a first security parameter for the first WLAN.
William Shoesmith, Jason Yore, Jeffrey M. Peters
Filed: 22 Dec 22
Utility
Grouping In a System with Multiple Media Playback Protocols
29 Jun 23
While a first playback device is a member of a synchronous media playback group with a second playback device using a first media playback protocol, and after a particular playback setting is enabled using the first media playback protocol, the first playback device receives, from a media source device, a first media stream using a second media playback protocol.
Arthur L. Coburn, IV, Jeffrey Torgerson, Robert A. Lambourne
Filed: 22 Dec 22
Utility
Media Playback Based on Sensor Data
29 Jun 23
Example techniques relate to playback based on acoustic signals in a system including a first network device and a second network device.
Jonathon Reilly, Niels Van Erven
Filed: 27 Feb 23
Utility
Transferring playback from a mobile device to a playback device
27 Jun 23
A network device is configured to (i) play back a media item indicated by a remote playback queue provided by a cloud-based computing system, (ii) receive an indication that a playback device is available for playback, (iii) display a now playing screen including (a) information identifying the media item, and (b) an icon that indicates that the network device is not in a connected state with any other network device, (iv) receive a first input selecting the icon, (v) in response to the first input, display a list of one or more available network devices including the playback device, (vi) receive a second input selecting the playback device from the list (vii) after receiving the second input, update the list to indicate that the playback device is selected for playback of the remote playback queue, and (viii) transfer playback of the remote playback queue from the network device to the playback device.
Abhishek Kumar, Andrew Schulert, Robert Andrew Lambourne, Arthur L. Coburn, IV
Filed: 18 Dec 20
Utility
Linear filtering for noise-suppressed speech detection via multiple network microphone devices
27 Jun 23
Systems and methods for suppressing noise and detecting voice input in a multi-channel audio signal captured by two or more network microphone devices include receiving an instruction to process one or more audio signals captured by a first network microphone device and after receiving the instruction (i) disabling at least a first microphone of a plurality of microphones of a second network microphone device, (ii) capturing a first audio signal via a second microphone of the plurality of microphones, (iii) receiving over a network interface of the second network microphone device a second audio signal captured via at least a third microphone of the first network microphone device, (iv) using estimated noise content to suppress first and second noise content in the first and second audio signals, (v) combining the suppressed first and second audio signals into a third audio signal, and (vi) determining that the third audio signal includes a voice input comprising a wake word.
Saeed Bagheri Sereshki, Daniele Giacobello
Filed: 10 Oct 22
Utility
Device designation of playback and network microphone device arrangements
27 Jun 23
Example techniques relate to device spaces and default designations in a media playback system.
Sein Woo, Andrew Lindley, Ryan Myers
Filed: 23 May 22
Design
Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
30 May 23
Jason Yore
Filed: 27 Jul 21
Utility
Voice detection by multiple devices
30 May 23
Disclosed herein are example techniques for voice detection by multiple NMDs.
Jonathon Reilly, Gregory Burlingame, Christopher Butts, Romi Kadri, Jonathan P. Lang
Filed: 29 Jun 20
Utility
Acoustic Filters for Microphone Noise Mitigation and Transducer Venting
25 May 23
Playback devices such as headphone devices can include an earpiece configured to be positioned adjacent a user's ear.
Jerad Lewis, Philippe Vossel, Michael Perkmann, Martin Seidl
Filed: 1 Dec 22
Utility
Orientation-Based Playback Device Microphone Selection
25 May 23
Aspects of a multi-orientation playback device including at least one microphone array are discussed.
Brendan Welch, Romi Kadri, Jonathon Reilly
Filed: 28 Nov 22
Utility
Calibration Based on Audio Content
25 May 23
Example techniques may involve multiple calibrations for a playback device.
Klaus Hartung, Dayn Wilberding
Filed: 23 Nov 22
Utility
Group Coordinator Selection
25 May 23
A first playback device may include at least one battery, a network interface, at least one processor, a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium.
Hrishikesh Gossain, Gary Fox, Jeff Derderian, Jeffrey Peters
Filed: 21 Nov 22
Utility
Audio Response Playback
25 May 23
A computing device is configured to perform functions comprising: receiving via a network microphone device of a media playback system, a voice command detected by at least one microphone of the network microphone device, wherein the media playback system comprises a plurality of zones, and the network microphone device may be a member of a default playback zone.
Jonathan P. Lang, Mark Plagge
Filed: 28 Nov 22
Utility
Smart Music Services Preferences
25 May 23
An example computing device is configured to transmit playback preference tracking information to a media service registered with a media playback system and, after transmitting the playback preference information, (a) determine a first time boundary corresponding to a beginning of a zone scene that causes a first playback device in a first zone of the media playback system to be configured for synchronous playback of media with a second playback device in a second zone of the media playback system, (b) determine a second time boundary corresponding to an end of the zone scene, and (c) transmit, to the media service registered with the media playback system, a request to remove playback preference tracking information received between the first time boundary and the second time boundary.
Jonathan Lang
Filed: 28 Nov 22
Utility
Systems and methods of user localization
23 May 23
Systems and methods are disclosed in which a playback device transmits a first sound signal including a predetermined waveform.
Eric Frank
Filed: 4 Nov 21
Utility
Portable Playback Device State Variable
18 May 23
Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to facilitate playback of multimedia content are disclosed.
Mieko Kusano
Filed: 31 Oct 22
Utility
Accessing a Cloud-Based Service
18 May 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
Access Control Techniques for Media Playback Systems
18 May 23
Example access control techniques described herein are intended to enable guest access for a media playback system while maintaining security of the media playback system.
Keith Thoresz, Nathan Fish
Filed: 20 Jan 23
Utility
Adjusting volume levels
16 May 23
In general, user interfaces for controlling a plurality of multimedia players in groups are disclosed.
Robert A. Lambourne, Nicholas A. J. Millington
Filed: 27 Sep 21