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Utility
Adjusting volume levels
25 Apr 23
Techniques for controlling zone group and zone group characteristics such as audio volume in a multi-zone system are disclosed.
Robert A. Lambourne, Nicholas A. J. Millington
Filed: 7 Apr 21
Utility
Media content based on operational data
25 Apr 23
An example computing system that maintains a playlist of media items for playback by one or more playback devices receives, from a first playback device, a request to play back the playlist and first operational data and also receives, from a second playback device, a request to play back the playlist and second operational data.
Ryan Taylor, Dmitri Siegel, Helen McDermott
Filed: 11 Nov 19
Utility
Network Microphone Devices with Automatic Do Not Disturb Actuation Capabilities
20 Apr 23
Embodiments disclosed herein include networked microphone devices (NMD) determining whether a Do Not Disturb (DND) feature should be activated, in response to determining that the DND feature should be activated, activating the DND feature.
Sein Woo, Ryan Myers, Charles Freedman
Filed: 16 Sep 22
Utility
Audio Device Transducer Array and Associated Systems and Methods
20 Apr 23
Audio device transducer arrays and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein.
Michael Chamness, Mincang Liu
Filed: 10 Mar 20
Utility
Mirrored Queues
20 Apr 23
Embodiments disclosed herein involve a first playback device, associated with a first household, where the first playback device is configured to mirror a playback queue that is associated with a second playback device, where the second playback device is associated with a second household.
Steven Beckhardt
Filed: 26 Aug 22
Utility
Systems and Methods for State Detection via Wireless Radios
13 Apr 23
Systems and methods for localizing individuals in a region using wireless signals in accordance with embodiments are illustrated.
Niels van Erven, Connor Riley Northend
Filed: 13 Dec 22
Utility
Techniques for Improving the Power Efficiency of a Playback Device
13 Apr 23
A playback device including a processor that executes program instructions such that the playback device is configured to receive first audio data representing audio content, generate and output second audio data based on the first audio data, and at least in part while generating and outputting the second audio data, generate and output a control signal associated with the second audio data to vary a supply voltage for an audio amplifier.
Chadwick James Souza, Aurelio Rafael Ramos
Filed: 19 Mar 21
Utility
Limited-Access Media
13 Apr 23
An example method involves receiving, by a playback device in a media playback system, limited-access media, where the limited-access media corresponds to a limited-access playback device characteristic.
Brad Wolf, Ben Smith
Filed: 10 Oct 22
Utility
Broadcast Audio for Synchronized Playback by Wearables
13 Apr 23
Disclosed embodiments include a playback device configured to: (i) obtain audio from an audio source via a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN); (ii) generate broadcast times for individual portions of the audio content; and (iii) broadcast portions of the audio content to a Personal Area Network (PAN).
Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III, Walter John Rivera
Filed: 28 Sep 22
Utility
Device Group Identification
13 Apr 23
Example techniques involve identification of device groups.
Arthur L. Coburn, IV
Filed: 12 Sep 22
Utility
Control Based On Proximity
13 Apr 23
Embodiments described herein provide for detecting presence of an object in proximity to a playback device and responsively performing one or more operations.
Jonathon Reilly, Neil Griffiths
Filed: 13 Oct 22
Utility
Music discovery
11 Apr 23
Examples described herein relate to music discovery.
Paul Bates
Filed: 29 Mar 21
Utility
Audio processing algorithms
11 Apr 23
An example implementation involves a computing device transmitting, via a local area network, a command that instructs a playback device to play a particular audio signal.
Timothy W. Sheen
Filed: 7 Jun 21
Utility
Systems and methods of spatial audio playback with enhanced immersiveness
11 Apr 23
A method of playing back audio content with improved immersiveness can include receiving, at a playback device, audio input including vertical content having a high-frequency portion and a low-frequency portion.
Paul MacLean
Filed: 19 Nov 21
Utility
Synchronizing playback by media playback devices
11 Apr 23
Example systems, apparatus, and methods receive audio information including a plurality of frames from a source device, wherein each frame of the plurality of frames includes one or more audio samples and a time stamp indicating when to play the one or more audio samples of the respective frame.
Nicholas A. J. Millington, Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson
Filed: 4 Mar 22
Utility
Media Content Search In Connection With Multiple Media Content Services
6 Apr 23
An example computing system receives a media content search query from a controller configured to control media playback by one or more playback devices in a media playback system associated with a plurality of media content services.
King Shy Goh, Lesley Slade, Matt Towers, Hilario Coimbra, Brandon Wright, Sherwin Liu
Filed: 30 Sep 22
Utility
Playback Transitions
6 Apr 23
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, Jason Yore, Maria-Jose Ramos, Richard Bannon, Michael Sheldon, Ted Lin, Ron Kuper, Kirsten Lewis, Jake Harwood, Jonathan Herbst, Henry Sia
Filed: 29 Nov 22
Utility
Systems and Methods for Networked Music Playback
6 Apr 23
A control device is configured to (i) display transport controls to control playback by the control device, (ii) after connecting to a LAN, determine that one or more playback devices are connected to the LAN, (iii) detect input(s) to transfer playback to a particular playback device connected to the LAN, (iv) cause playback to be transferred to the particular playback device, including: (a) causing first cloud server(s) to transmit, to the particular playback device, resource locator(s) maintained in a shared playback queue, the resource locator(s) corresponding to respective locations of media content at second cloud server(s) of a streaming content service, (b) causing playback at the control device to be stopped, and (c) modifying the transport controls to control playback by the particular playback device, and (v) cause the particular playback device to retrieve the media content from second cloud server(s) of a streaming content service and play back the retrieved media content.
Arthur Coburn, IV, Joni Rafalski Hoadley
Filed: 12 Dec 22
Utility
Spatial Antenna Diversity Techniques
6 Apr 23
Embodiments disclosed herein include headphone devices with spatially diverse antennas employing multiple operational modes and antenna switching policies.
Niels van Erven, Kasra Payandehjoo, Michael Frey, Anthony Maglio, Ron Roberts
Filed: 23 Nov 22
Utility
Application Programming Interface for Browsing Media Content
6 Apr 23
A control application of a media playback system controls playback of media content by a media playback system.
David Bernstein, Konstantin Vovk, Lee Fyock, Andrew Woodbury, Emilio Arce, Elliot Lawrence
Filed: 8 Dec 22