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Utility
Adjusting Volume Levels
14 Oct 21
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
Playback Based on Acoustic Signals
14 Oct 21
Jonathon Reilly, Niels Van Erven
Filed: 24 Jun 21
Utility
Prioritizing Media Content Requests
7 Oct 21
Example techniques relate to prioritizing media content requests.
Keith Corbin
Filed: 11 Jan 21
Utility
Fast-Resume Audio Playback
7 Oct 21
A first zone player engages in synchronous playback of given audio content by obtaining the given audio content, generating and placing representative audio frames into a buffer, and transmitting the audio frames to a second zone player to play the given audio content in synchrony with the second zone player.
Luis Vega-Zayas, Ted Lin, Jim Dolan
Filed: 21 Jun 21
Utility
Proximal Playback Devices
7 Oct 21
Systems and methods disclosed herein include, determining a proximity of the first networked device to a second networked device, determining whether there is a wired network connection existing between the first networked device and the second networked device, and in response to determining the proximity and the existence of a wired network connection, reconfiguring one or more operational parameters of one or both of the first networked device and the second networked device.
Nick D'Amato
Filed: 19 Apr 21
Utility
Networked Device Group Information in a System with Multiple Media Playback Protocols
7 Oct 21
A first networked device may perform operations including receiving, from a media source device, a first media stream and a first media stream identifier.
Arthur L. Coburn, IV, Jeffrey Torgerson
Filed: 19 Apr 21
Utility
Playback Device Pairing
7 Oct 21
Technology for grouping, consolidating, and pairing individual playback devices with network capability (players) to stimulate a multi-channel listening environment is disclosed.
Christopher Kallai, Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Robert A. Lambourne, Robert Reimann, Mark Triplett
Filed: 29 Mar 21
Utility
Music Discovery
7 Oct 21
Examples described herein relate to music discovery.
Paul Bates
Filed: 29 Mar 21
Utility
Mood detection and/or influence via audio playback devices
5 Oct 21
In some embodiments, a method comprises receiving a first signal indicative of a current emotional state of a user, receiving a second signal corresponding to a desired emotional state of the user, and based on the first and second signals, generating a playlist of media content including a first item and an nth item.
Phoebe K. Piercy, Nicholas D'Amato
Filed: 6 Jul 20
Utility
Metadata exchange involving a networked playback system and a networked microphone system
5 Oct 21
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for establishing a metadata exchange channel between a media playback system and a networked microphone system, wherein the networked microphone system comprises a networked microphone device and a networked microphone server.
Mark Plagge, Simon Jarvis, Christopher Butts
Filed: 29 Jul 19
Utility
Locally distributed keyword detection
5 Oct 21
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: 31 Jul 19
Utility
Locally distributed keyword detection
5 Oct 21
In one aspect, a playback device includes at least one microphone configured to detect a voice input and generate sound input data.
Nick D'Amato, Connor Kristopher Smith
Filed: 31 Jul 19
Utility
Wireless transmission to satellites for multichannel audio system
5 Oct 21
Some disclosed systems and methods include assigning channel streams to satellite playback devices, delaying initial transmission of surround sound content to satellite playback devices to accumulate audio samples for transmission in individual frames of surround sound content, and taking advantage of configured playback delays for different channels of surround sound content to prioritize transmission of channels of surround sound content having shorter configured playback delays over transmission of channels of surround sound content having longer configured playback delays.
Steven Beckhardt
Filed: 8 Jun 20
Utility
Thermal Control of Audio Playback Devices
30 Sep 21
To avoid damage from overheating, playback device operation can be modulated based on input from temperature sensors.
Hilmar Lehnert, Aurelio Ramos
Filed: 22 Mar 21
Utility
Systems and Methods for Extracting Data Views from Heterogeneous Sources
30 Sep 21
One embodiment includes a method for extracting data views.
Mark Morganstern, Bradford Littooy, Julia Wilkins
Filed: 31 Mar 20
Utility
Audio Track Selection and Playback
30 Sep 21
An example system is configured to: (i) receive data indicating a command to play back, via a playback device of a media playback system, media content; (ii) based on the data indicating the command, detect a first playback condition comprising a first user identity; (iii) identify, from one or more user accounts associated with the playback device, a first user account corresponding to the first user identity; (iv) based at least on (1) the command and (2) one or more properties of the first user account, determine first media content for playback by the playback device; and (v) cause the playback device to play back the first media content.
Robert Reimann, David Taylor, Abhishek Kumar
Filed: 14 Jun 21
Utility
Media Content Search Based on Metadata
30 Sep 21
Embodiments are provided for querying a media server for media content based on user-selected metadata associated with first media while the first media is being experienced by a user.
Ben Tripoli, Abhishek Kumar
Filed: 4 Jan 21
Utility
Adjusting volume levels
28 Sep 21
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
Networked microphone devices, systems, and methods of localized arbitration
28 Sep 21
A first playback device is configured to perform functions comprising: detecting sound, identifying a wake word based on the sound as detected by the first device, receiving an indication that a second playback device has also detected the sound and identified the wake word based on the sound as detected by the second device, after receiving the indication, evaluating which of the first and second devices is to extract sound data representing the sound and thereby determining that the extraction of the sound data is to be performed by the second device over the first device, in response to the determining, foregoing extraction of the sound data, receiving VAS response data that is indicative of a given VAS response corresponding to a given voice input identified in the sound data extracted by the second device, and based on the VAS response data, output the given VAS response.
John Tolomei, Klaus Hartung
Filed: 13 Dec 18
Utility
Dynamic player selection for audio signal processing
28 Sep 21
In one aspect, a first playback device is configured to (i) receive a set of voice signals, (ii) process the set of voice signals using a first set of audio processing algorithms, (iii) identify, from the set of voice signals, at least two voice signals that are to be further processed, (iv) determine that the first playback device does not have a threshold amount of computational power available, (v) receive an indication of an available amount of computational power of a second playback device, (vi) send the at least two voice signals to the second playback device, (vii) cause the second playback device to process the at least two voice signals using a second set of audio processing algorithms, (viii) receive, from the second playback device, the processed at least two voice signals, and (ix) combine the processed at least two voice signals into a combined voice signal.
Shao-Fu Shih
Filed: 13 Jul 20