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Media sharing across service providers
29 Nov 22
Embodiments including methods and apparatus to share file and file recommendations are disclosed.
Ron Kuper, Joni Hoadley
Filed: 31 Aug 20
Utility
Suggested application download
29 Nov 22
Example techniques involve suggesting an application of a streaming audio service via an application of a media playback system.
Christopher D. Butts
Filed: 3 May 21
Utility
Transferring playback from a mobile device to a playback device
29 Nov 22
A first connection state may be entered on a computing device.
Abhishek Kumar, Andrew Schulert, Robert Andrew Lambourne, Arthur L. Coburn, IV
Filed: 1 Apr 19
Utility
Transferring playback from a mobile device to a playback device
29 Nov 22
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
Methods and devices for transferring data using sound signals
29 Nov 22
A method of transmitting data comprises modulating data symbols for transmission onto a sonic carrier signal and transmitting the modulated data using an electroacoustic transducer.
Eric Frank
Filed: 2 Oct 18
Utility
Voice control of a media playback system
29 Nov 22
An example system is configured to cause a first playback device in a first playback zone to operate in a given playback state including play back of media items identified in a playback queue associated with the first playback zone.
Nicholas A. J. Millington, Keith Corbin, Mark Plagge
Filed: 21 Apr 21
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Playback Device Media Item Replacement
24 Nov 22
Embodiments are provided for replacing media items in a queue of a playback device.
Paul Andrew Bates, Steven Beckhardt, Jonathon Reilly
Filed: 19 Apr 22
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Group coordinator selection
22 Nov 22
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: 17 Jun 21
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Audio Playback Adjustment
17 Nov 22
A first playback device is configured to (i) place audio frames representative of audio content in a buffer, each frame including respective playback timing information identifying a time to play back the audio frame, (ii) transmit the audio frames in the buffer to a second playback device, (iii) receive a command to adjust playback of the audio content, (iv) based on the command, identify a range of audio frames previously transmitted, (v) select a new start time for the range of audio frames, (vi) cause the second playback device to update the playback timing information for each audio frame in the range based on the new start time, (vii) update, in the buffer, the playback timing information for each audio frame in the range based on the new start time, and (viii) play back the audio content in synchrony with the second playback device based on the updated playback timing information.
Luis Vega-Zayas, Ted Lin, Jim Dolan
Filed: 1 Aug 22
Utility
Noise Classification for Event Detection
17 Nov 22
In one aspect, a network microphone device includes a plurality of microphones and is configured to detect sound via the one or more microphones.
Nick D'Amato, Kurt Thomas Soto, Connor Kristopher Smith
Filed: 6 May 22
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Systems and Methods of Audio Decoder Determination and Selection
17 Nov 22
Playback devices can support audio encoded using various encoding schemes.
Nicholas Maniskas, Cameron Korb, Govind Jevaram
Filed: 3 May 22
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Hybrid Sniffing and Rebroadcast for Bluetooth Networks
17 Nov 22
Disclosed herein are playback devices, groups of playback devices, and methods of operating playback devices and groupings thereof configured for hybrid sniffing and rebroadcast for networks, including Bluetooth networks.
Nicholas D'Amato
Filed: 29 Jul 22
Utility
Calibration Using Multiple Recording Devices
17 Nov 22
Example techniques may involve calibration with multiple recording devices.
Klaus Hartung
Filed: 29 Jul 22
Utility
Dynamic computation of system response volume
15 Nov 22
Systems and methods disclosed herein include, determining that a requirement exists to output a system response.
Luis Vega-Zayas, Lucas Pylypczak, Rich Lean
Filed: 2 Aug 21
Utility
Network microphone device with command keyword conditioning
15 Nov 22
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: 9 Mar 20
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Linear filtering for noise-suppressed speech detection via multiple network microphone devices
15 Nov 22
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: 22 Jun 20
Utility
Receiving media content based on user media preferences
15 Nov 22
Embodiments are provided for receiving media content based on the user media preferences.
Yean-Nian W. Chen
Filed: 26 Apr 21
Utility
Authorization Management In a Media Playback System
10 Nov 22
Example techniques described herein involve authorization management in a media playback system.
Gregory Ramsperger, Steven Beckhardt, Keith Thoresz, Ryan Moak
Filed: 9 May 22
Utility
Content Playback Reminders
10 Nov 22
An example computing device is configured to determine (i) a future start time of an upcoming live media event and (ii) a uniform resource indicator (URI) at which a live media stream of the live media event will be accessible at the future start time.
Dayna Bateman
Filed: 5 May 22
Utility
Calibration of Playback Device(s)
10 Nov 22
Example techniques involve calibration of one or more playback devices.
Ananth Jasty, Aurelio Ramos, Timothy Sheen
Filed: 16 Jun 22