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Utility
Providing aggregate playback information
31 Aug 21
System, method, and apparatus including receiving an identification of content played by a playback system and an identification of location of the playback system.
Mark Triplett, Jonathan P. Lang, Jonathon Reilly, David Taylor
Filed: 28 Oct 19
Utility
Playback Expansion
26 Aug 21
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
Music Streaming Using Supported Services
26 Aug 21
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: 7 Dec 20
Utility
Music Discovery Dial
26 Aug 21
Example techniques may involve tuning a music discovery dial.
Christopher Alexis Kotelly, Dayn Wilberding, Ron Kuper
Filed: 28 Dec 20
Utility
Facilitating calibration of an audio playback device
24 Aug 21
Example techniques facilitate calibration of a playback device.
Timothy W. Sheen
Filed: 9 Mar 20
Utility
Systems and methods for selective wake word detection using neural network models
24 Aug 21
Systems and methods for media playback via a media playback system include capturing sound data via a network microphone device and identifying a candidate wake word in the sound data.
Joachim Fainberg, Daniele Giacobello, Klaus Hartung
Filed: 28 Sep 18
Design
Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
24 Aug 21
Jason Yore
Filed: 4 Sep 19
Utility
Networked Playback Device
19 Aug 21
An example playback device includes a first interface for receiving a first audio signal from a first audio source; a second interface for receiving a second audio signal from a second audio source; and a processor configured to: cause the playback device to playback the second audio signal; determine that the first audio signal is present at the first interface; in response to determining that the first audio signal is present at the first interface, (i) cease playback of the second audio signal being played by the playback device and (ii) cause the playback device to playback the first audio signal; receive an instruction to stop the playback device from playing the first audio signal while the first audio signal is still present at the first interface; and arm the playback device such that a subsequent presence of the first audio signal at the first interface causes the playback device to play the first audio signal.
Nicholas A.J. Millington, Tom Cullen, Robert Reimann, Brent Lehman
Filed: 23 Oct 20
Utility
Playback Device Using Standby in a Media Playback System
19 Aug 21
Example embodiments involve a standby mode of a playback device.
Hrishikesh Gossain, Benjamin Ari Tober
Filed: 21 Dec 20
Utility
Playback Device
19 Aug 21
A system is described for maintaining synchrony of operations among a plurality of devices that have independent clocking arrangements.
Nicholas A.J. Millington
Filed: 3 May 21
Utility
Playback Device Group Volume Control
19 Aug 21
Embodiments are provided for satellite volume control.
Bob Dizon, Neil Griffiths, Luis R. Vega Zayas
Filed: 16 Nov 20
Utility
Immersive Audio in a Media Playback System
19 Aug 21
Embodiments described herein involve an auxiliary zone contributing audio to a primary zone.
Jonathan Lang
Filed: 1 Feb 21
Utility
Media Preference Database
19 Aug 21
Example techniques involve media preferences corresponding to multiple user accounts.
Maarten van der Heide
Filed: 28 Dec 20
Utility
Acoustic Waveguides for Multi-channel Playback Devices
19 Aug 21
Acoustic waveguides can be used to improve audio performance of playback devices, such as a soundbar.
Paul MacLean, Tristan Taylor, Wulin Xia, Daniel Brim
Filed: 17 Feb 21
Design
Power plug
17 Aug 21
Mieko Kusano, Roland Bird, Niels van Hoof, Lukasz Natkaniec, Wilfred Wei
Filed: 19 Oct 20
Utility
Application programming interface for browsing media content
17 Aug 21
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: 10 Nov 20
Utility
Portable playback device power management
17 Aug 21
Example techniques related to portable playback device power management.
Joshua Nicholas, Brenda Stefani, Liang Chai, Xiang Wang, Allan Velzy, Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III, Hrishikesh Gossain
Filed: 7 Jun 19
Utility
Calibration Using Multiple Recording Devices
12 Aug 21
Example techniques may involve calibration with multiple recording devices.
Klaus Hartung
Filed: 13 Nov 20
Utility
Synchronous Playback With Battery-Powered Playback Device
12 Aug 21
Example techniques related to battery-powered playback devices.
Hrishikesh Gossain
Filed: 21 Dec 20
Utility
Localized Wakeword Verification
12 Aug 21
In one aspect, a networked microphone device is configured to (i) receive sound data, (ii) determine, via the wake-word engine, that a first portion of the sound data is representative of a wake word, (iii) determine that a second networked microphone device was added to a media playback system, (iv) transmit the first portion of the sound data to a second networked microphone device, (v) begin determining a command to be performed by the first networked microphone device, (vi) receive an indication of whether the first portion of the sound data is representative of the wake word, and (vii) output a response indicative of whether the first portion of the sound data is representative of the wake word.
Connor Kristopher Smith
Filed: 7 Feb 20