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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
Utility
Systems and Methods of Providing Spatial Audio Associated with a Simulated Environment
12 Jan 23
Systems and methods for providing spatial audio are disclosed herein.
Jonathan Cole Harris, Jeffrey Michael Torgerson
Filed: 19 Sep 22
Design
Portable media playback device
10 Jan 23
Daehoo Kim, Aki Laine, Edward Mitchell
Filed: 25 Jun 20
Design
Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface for media playback control
10 Jan 23
Brandon Lynne, Ryan Kitson
Filed: 7 Sep 22
Utility
Adjusting volume levels
10 Jan 23
In general, user interfaces for controlling a plurality of multimedia players in groups are disclosed.
Robert A. Lambourne, Nicholas A. J. Millington
Filed: 24 Nov 20
Utility
Multiple-device setup
10 Jan 23
An example implementation may involve a media playback system detecting two or more playback devices of a given type.
Sein Woo, Liesbeth van den Berg, Roy Pollock
Filed: 30 Jul 21
Utility
Playback device
10 Jan 23
A system is described for maintaining synchrony of operations among a plurality of devices that have independent clocking arrangements.
Nicholas A. J. Millington
Filed: 22 Nov 21
Utility
Transferring playback from a mobile device to a playback device
10 Jan 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
Application programming interface for browsing media content
10 Jan 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: 16 Aug 21
Utility
Locally distributed keyword detection
10 Jan 23
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: 29 Jul 21
Utility
Systems and methods for generating labeled data to facilitate configuration of network microphone devices
10 Jan 23
Systems and methods for generating training data are described herein.
Connor Kristopher Smith, Kurt Thomas Soto, Charles Conor Sleith
Filed: 24 Sep 20
Utility
Networked devices, systems, and methods for intelligently deactivating wake-word engines
10 Jan 23
In one aspect, a playback deice is configured to identify in an audio stream, via a second wake-word engine, a false wake word for a first wake-word engine that is configured to receive as input sound data based on sound detected by a microphone.
Connor Kristopher Smith, Charles Conor Sleith, Kurt Thomas Soto
Filed: 28 Dec 20
Utility
Systems and methods for power-efficient keyword detection
10 Jan 23
Systems and methods for audio processing include capturing sound data via at least one microphone of a network microphone device (NMD) and determining whether the captured sound includes voice activity.
Aaron Jones, Saeed Bagheri Sereshki, Daniele Giacobello
Filed: 25 Jan 21
Utility
Playback devices and bonded zones
10 Jan 23
Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to facilitate configuration and naming of a multimedia playback device on a local playback network are disclosed.
Neil Griffiths, Mark Triplett
Filed: 8 Nov 21
Utility
Cable assemblies for headphone devices
10 Jan 23
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, Jr., Mark Gerlovin, Mark Viscusi
Filed: 9 Jun 21
Utility
Audio Device Transducer and Associated Systems and Methods
5 Jan 23
Audio device transducers are disclosed herein.
Timothy Sheen
Filed: 7 Dec 20
Utility
Methods and Devices for Rejoining a Group
5 Jan 23
A method of determining whether a first playback device is to rejoin a group is disclosed.
Alexia Delhoume, Sara Morris, Brian Roberts
Filed: 30 Jun 22
Utility
Sound and Light Experiences
5 Jan 23
An example playback device is configured to: (i) determine given audio content that is to be played back by the playback device; (ii) identify at least one frequency range in the given audio content; (iii) for each identified frequency range in the given audio content, determine a respective lighting behavior that is to be produced, by a lighting device that is communicatively coupled with the playback device, during playback of the identified frequency range in the given audio content; (iv) play back the given audio content comprising the at least one identified frequency range; and (v) cause the lighting device to produce the determined lighting behavior in synchrony with playback of the identified frequency in the given audio content.
Youjin Nam, Dayn Wilberding, Shilpa Sarode
Filed: 1 Jul 22
Utility
Control Device and Methods of Operating a Control Device
5 Jan 23
A method for a control device is disclosed.
Alexia Delhoume, Sara Morris, Brian Roberts
Filed: 30 Jun 22
Design
Headphone
3 Jan 23
Vincent Shyu, Aki Laine, Dana Krieger, Philippe Vossel
Filed: 10 May 22