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Utility
Priority Media Content
9 Feb 23
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 a user 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 user 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: 24 Oct 22
Utility
Thermal Control of Audio Playback Devices
9 Feb 23
To avoid damage from overheating, playback device operation can be modulated based on input from temperature sensors.
Hilmar Lehnert, Aurelio Ramos
Filed: 6 Oct 22
Utility
Management of Media Devices Having Limited Capabilities
2 Feb 23
Embodiments disclosed herein include managing playback devices with limited capabilities and playback devices with advanced capabilities by way of a control device.
Allison Elliot, Zachary Kramer, Dmitri Siegel, Lindsay Whitworth, Wescott Fleming, Dane Estes, Luan Nguyen, Avram Goldyne
Filed: 11 Aug 22
Utility
Social Network Account Assisted Service Registration
2 Feb 23
Examples involve a control device using a social networking service to facilitate registration of a streaming media service with a media playback system.
Andrej Sarkic, Danielle Storlie, Diane Roberts, Ron Kuper, Dayn Wilberding, Carl Fristrom
Filed: 5 Sep 22
Utility
Access control techniques for media playback systems
31 Jan 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: 16 Nov 21
Utility
Wake-word Detection Suppression
26 Jan 23
Example techniques involve suppressing a wake word response to a local wake word.
Jonathan P. Lang
Filed: 1 Jul 22
Utility
Systems and Methods for Configuring a Media Player Device on a Local Network using a Graphical User Interface
26 Jan 23
Systems and methods for configuring a media playback device to connect to a local area network (LAN) and be controlled by a mobile device also configured to connect to the LAN are disclosed.
Jason Yore, William Shoesmith
Filed: 29 Sep 22
Utility
Prioritizing Media Content Requests
26 Jan 23
Example techniques relate to prioritizing media content requests.
Keith Corbin
Filed: 8 Aug 22
Utility
Wireless Streaming of Audio/Visual Content in a Home Theater Architecture
26 Jan 23
Disclosed herein are computing devices, including playback devices, that are configured to operate in several media distribution modes and play back audio data in several playback modes based at least in part on the source of audio/video data for playback.
Nicholas A.J. Millington
Filed: 6 Jul 22
Utility
Playback Device Calibration Based on Representative Spectral Characteristics
26 Jan 23
A computing device may maintain a database of representative spectral characteristics.
Klaus Hartung, Simon Jarvis, Tim Sheen, Chris Davies
Filed: 1 Jul 22
Utility
Indicating an Association Between a Social-Media Account and a Media Playback System
26 Jan 23
Examples disclosed herein include a social-media computing system receiving, from a first computing device, a first message indicating that a media playback system is associated with a first social-media account; and based on the received first message, sending, to a second computing device associated with a second social-media account, a second message indicating that the media playback system is associated with the first social-media account.
Jonathan Paul Lang
Filed: 29 Aug 22
Utility
Dynamic Earbud Profile
26 Jan 23
Embodiments disclosed herein include a headphone device which operates in various modes applying different gesture profiles based on various operational, playback, or environmental conditions.
Hilmar Lehnert
Filed: 6 Jun 22
Utility
Queue versioning
24 Jan 23
Embodiments described herein may involve queue versioning.
Arthur L. Coburn, IV
Filed: 14 Jun 21
Utility
Voice verification for media playback
24 Jan 23
In one aspect, a network microphone device includes a plurality of microphones and is configured to capture a voice input via the one or more microphones, detect a wake word in the voice input, transmit data associated with the voice input to one or more remote computing devices associated with a voice assistant service, and receive a response from the one or more remote computing devices, the response comprising a playback command based on the voice input.
Connor Kristopher Smith
Filed: 7 Jan 20
Utility
Do not disturb feature for audio notifications
24 Jan 23
Systems and methods for actuating a Do Not Disturb (DND) feature of a playback device that is configured to play back alert notifications from a plurality of network-enabled devices include (i) a mobile device receiving input data representing a selection of the playback device; (ii) the mobile device receiving input data representing a selection of a DND time period; and (iii) responsive to receiving the input data representing the selections of the playback device and the DND time period, sending an instruction to the selected playback device that causes the selected playback device to enter a DND mode for the duration of the selected DND time period, during which the selected playback device is instructed to not play back alert notifications when the alert notifications are received from at least one network-enabled device of the plurality of network-enabled devices.
Robert A. Lambourne, Nathan Fish
Filed: 26 Jul 21
Utility
Localized Wakeword Verification
19 Jan 23
In one aspect, a networked microphone device is configured to (i) receive sound data, (ii) determine, via the wake-word engine, that a first portion of the sound data is representative of a wake word, (iii) determine that a second networked microphone device was added to a media playback system, (iv) transmit the first portion of the sound data to a second networked microphone device, (v) begin determining a command to be performed by the first networked microphone device, (vi) receive an indication of whether the first portion of the sound data is representative of the wake word, and (vii) output a response indicative of whether the first portion of the sound data is representative of the wake word.
Connor Kristopher Smith
Filed: 18 Apr 22
Utility
Voice controlled media playback system
17 Jan 23
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for receiving a voice command and determining an appropriate action for the media playback system to execute based on user identification.
Simon Jarvis, Romi Kadri, Christopher Butts
Filed: 10 Aug 20
Utility
Local voice data processing
17 Jan 23
Example techniques relate to local voice control in a media playback system.
Sebastien Maury, Joseph Dureau, Thibaut Lorrain, Do Kyun Kim
Filed: 31 Jan 21
Utility
Media content based on playback zone awareness
17 Jan 23
Systems and methods are provided for providing media content based on playback zone awareness.
Kristen Bender, Ron Kuper
Filed: 8 Nov 21
Utility
Systems and methods of operating media playback systems having multiple voice assistant services
17 Jan 23
Systems and methods for managing multiple voice assistants are disclosed.
Ryan Richard Myers, Luis R. Vega Zayas, Sangah Park
Filed: 12 Nov 21