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Utility
Playback expansion
11 Oct 22
Examples described herein involve expanding playback of a media item from a first playback device to a second playback device.
Benjamin Fullerton, Ingve Holmung
Filed: 7 Dec 20
Utility
Audio generation in a media playback system
11 Oct 22
Example techniques relate to audio generation in a media playback system.
Mike Chamness, Aurelio Rafael Ramos, Timothy Sheen, Hilmar Lehnert
Filed: 7 Dec 20
Utility
Input Detection Windowing
6 Oct 22
A device, such as Network Microphone Device or a playback device, detecting an event associated with the device or a system comprising the device.
Connor Kristopher Smith, Matthew David Anderson
Filed: 18 Apr 22
Utility
Playback Device with Multi-Band Antenna
6 Oct 22
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a playback device for media playback that incorporates a multi-band antenna.
Gregorio Téllez
Filed: 29 Apr 22
Utility
Systems and methods for configuring a media player device on a local network using a graphical user interface
4 Oct 22
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: 4 Sep 20
Utility
Lock Screen Media Playback Control
29 Sep 22
Example techniques relate to lock screen media controls.
Paul Andrew Bates
Filed: 8 Apr 22
Utility
Adaptive Media Playback Experiences for Commercial Environments
29 Sep 22
An example computing system may be configured to receive an indication that a user device has been detected in a commercial environment and to determine a first set of musical preferences associated with the commercial environment.
Ryan Taylor, Andrew Kwatinetz, Benjamin Rappoport, Russell Dougherty, Dayn Wilberding, Nicholas D'Amato
Filed: 24 Mar 22
Utility
Playback device connection
27 Sep 22
Techniques for automatically configuring necessary parameters of a device to be coupled to a network with minimum human intervention are disclosed.
Nicholas A. J. Millington, Paul V. Hainsworth
Filed: 29 Jan 21
Utility
Playback device calibration
27 Sep 22
A first subwoofer may be configured to output multimedia content in synchrony with at least one other playback device and a second subwoofer.
Neil Griffiths, Mike Chamness
Filed: 27 Aug 20
Utility
Playback Zone Management
22 Sep 22
Some embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods include displaying a graphical user interface comprising a first section and a second section, wherein the first section includes a first media icon corresponding to a first media item, and wherein the second section includes a first zone icon corresponding to a first zone comprising a first set of one or more playback devices; and in response to detecting a drag of the first media icon to the first zone icon, instructing at least one playback device in the first set of one or more playback devices to play the first media item corresponding to the first media icon.
Robert Reimann, Joni Hoadley
Filed: 4 Jan 22
Utility
Streaming Music Using Supported Services
22 Sep 22
An example technique includes a computing system storing media item identifiers of curated media items associated with one or more service providers.
Ron Kuper
Filed: 8 Apr 22
Utility
Media Playback Based on Sensor Data
22 Sep 22
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: 21 Apr 22
Utility
Playback updates
20 Sep 22
Embodiments are described herein that involve receiving, by a social-media computing system from a media playback system, playback data indicating media that is being played back by the media playback system, where the playback data comprises an indication of at least one zone of the media playback system in which the media is being played back; and based on the received playback data, updating social-media data in a social-media account, where the updated social-media data comprises an indication of the at least one zone in which the media is currently being played back.
Keith Corbin, Abhishek Kumar, Ron Kuper, Gregory Paul Ramsperger, Andrej Sarkic
Filed: 4 May 20
Utility
Network microphone devices with automatic do not disturb actuation capabilities
20 Sep 22
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: 28 Dec 20
Utility
Playback Device Control
15 Sep 22
Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to control audio playback devices are disclosed.
Nicholas A.J. Millington, Craig Wisneski, Steven Beckhardt, Neil Griffiths
Filed: 22 Nov 21
Utility
Contextual Indexing of Media Items
15 Sep 22
Example techniques related to a sub-index of a media index.
Amber Brown, Diane Roberts
Filed: 30 Mar 22
Utility
Playback Device with Device Base
15 Sep 22
Example techniques relate to changing a playback device mode based on a device base.
Jonathan P. Lang, Christopher D. Butts
Filed: 13 Dec 21
Utility
Multiple household management
13 Sep 22
Embodiments described herein include systems and methods for providing a management interface for controlling multiple households.
Ron Kuper, Arthur L. Coburn, IV, John Meyer, Mike Delaney
Filed: 7 Jun 21
Utility
Portable playback devices with network operation modes
13 Sep 22
Examples described herein relate to portable playback devices, such as smart headphones and earbuds, and ultra-portable devices having built-in voice assistants.
Sangah Park, Ryan Myers, John Tolomei
Filed: 12 Feb 21
Utility
Device group identification
13 Sep 22
Example techniques involve identification of device groups.
Arthur L. Coburn, IV
Filed: 17 Jun 20