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Utility
Techniques for reducing latency in a wireless home theater environment
23 Aug 22
A first playback device can include a wireless network interface, an audio input interface, one or more processors, and data storage.
Niels van Erven, Yong Ma
Filed: 26 Feb 21
Utility
Smart audio settings
23 Aug 22
Embodiments described herein provide for smart configuration of audio settings for a playback device.
Jonathan P. Lang
Filed: 23 Jul 21
Utility
Multimedia Experience According to Biometrics
18 Aug 22
Disclosed herein are example techniques for multimedia experience based on biometric data.
Peter Pedersen, Michael Papish, Eric Clayton
Filed: 1 Nov 21
Utility
Playback Transitions
18 Aug 22
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, Jodi Vautrin, Maria-Jose Ramos, Richard Bannon, Michael Sheldon, Ted Lin, Ron Kuper, Kirsten Lewis, Jake Harwood, Jonathan Herbst, Daniel Jones, Henry Sia
Filed: 23 Nov 21
Utility
Share Restriction for Curated Playlists
18 Aug 22
Example techniques facilitate for applying a share restriction to a curated playlist within a shared playback queue.
Steven Beckhardt
Filed: 23 Nov 21
Utility
Updating Playback Device Configuration Information Based on Calibration Data
18 Aug 22
An example computing device is configured to perform functions including receiving calibration data corresponding respectively to a plurality of playback devices, where each playback device in the plurality of playback devices is located in a respective playback environment other than a first playback environment.
Simon Jarvis, Klaus Hartung, Chris Davies, Tim Sheen
Filed: 27 Dec 21
Utility
Calibration of Audio Playback Devices
18 Aug 22
An audio playback device comprises a microphone, a speaker, and a processor.
Patrick McPherson, Shao-Fu Shih, Klaus Hartung
Filed: 3 Jan 22
Utility
Synchronization of Content Between Networked Devices
18 Aug 22
A control device of media playback system receives a user command to initiate playback of video content and associated audio content and transmits a BLUETOOTH message based on the command to a video playback device.
Lee Keyser-Allen, Thomas Higdon, Luis Vega-Zayas, Ted Lin, Andrej Sarkic
Filed: 2 May 22
Design
Display screen with transitional graphical user interface
16 Aug 22
Jodi Vautrin, Jennifer McDevitt, Daniel Valente
Filed: 3 May 21
Utility
Distributed synchronization
16 Aug 22
Disclosed herein are playback devices, groups of playback devices, and methods of operating playback devices and groupings thereof to cause the playback devices in a group of playback devices to play audio content together in synchrony based on playback timing and clock timing, where the audio content and playback timing and the clock timing for use with playing the audio content according to the clock timing are provided by different playback devices in the group of playback devices.
Luis Vega Zayas, Ted M. Lin
Filed: 15 Oct 18
Utility
Management of media devices having limited capabilities
16 Aug 22
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: 7 Jun 19
Utility
Playback device connection
16 Aug 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
Seamless transition of source of media content
16 Aug 22
In one aspect, a playback device is configured to (i) receive a first stream of audio data representing audio content from a computing system, (ii) detect an indication that a source of the audio content is to switch from the computing system to a user device; (iii) after detecting the indication, establish a point-to-point wireless link with the user device over which to receive a second stream of audio data; (iv) receive the second stream of audio data representing the audio content; (v) determine a future time at which to transition from playing back the audio content using the first stream of audio data to playing back the audio content using the second stream of audio data; and (vi) at the future time, transition from playing back the audio content using the first stream of audio data to playing back the audio content using the second stream of audio data.
Cameron Ellison Korb, David Lawrence Bernstein
Filed: 22 Mar 21
Utility
Immersive audio in a media playback system
16 Aug 22
Embodiments described herein involve an auxiliary zone contributing audio to a primary zone.
Jonathan Lang
Filed: 1 Feb 21
Utility
Calibration Assistance
11 Aug 22
Example techniques relate to calibration interfaces that facilitate calibration of a playback device.
Dayn Wilberding, Sein Woo
Filed: 24 Jan 22
Utility
Providing Media for Playback
11 Aug 22
Embodiments are disclosed for providing play/pause content.
Neil Griffiths, Jonathon Reilly
Filed: 8 Nov 21
Utility
Remote Creation of a Playback Queue for an Event
11 Aug 22
Example embodiments involve remote creation of a playback queue for an event.
Jaime Munoz, Jonathan D. Garn, Michael Lemmon, Dave Taylor
Filed: 17 Nov 21
Utility
Cloud Queue Tombstone
11 Aug 22
Example techniques relate to cloud queue tombstones.
Arthur L. Coburn, IV
Filed: 16 Nov 21
Utility
Sound Bar to Provide Information Associated with a Media Item
11 Aug 22
Example techniques relate to a soundbar that provides information associated with a media item.
Ron Kuper
Filed: 25 Oct 21
Utility
Signal Limit Based On Prediction Model
11 Aug 22
Example techniques may involve controlling a passive radiator.
Tony Doy
Filed: 15 Nov 21