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Utility
Media playback system with virtual line-in
20 Jul 21
Example systems and techniques disclosed herein facilitate interoperability between different media playback systems referred to herein as a virtual line-in (VLI) media playback system and a native playback system.
Arthur L. Coburn, IV, Chris Kotowski
Filed: 18 Oct 19
Utility
Providing media items from playback history
20 Jul 21
Examples provided herein involve a playback history for media items played by playback zones of a media playback system.
Amber Brown, Mark Triplett
Filed: 20 Aug 18
Utility
Communication Based on Operation Mode
15 Jul 21
Embodiments are provided for utilizing communication routes based operation mode.
Hrishikesh Gossain
Filed: 23 Nov 20
Utility
Audio Content Auditioning by Playback Device
15 Jul 21
An example playback device is configured to play back a first media item and, while playing back the first media item, receive a voice command to enter a preview mode in which the playback device plays back one or more second media items for a predetermined duration that is shorter than a total duration of the one or more second media items.
Paul Bates, Abhishek Kumar, Jonathan Lang
Filed: 22 Mar 21
Utility
Noise Classification for Event Detection
15 Jul 21
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: 21 Dec 20
Utility
Transferring Playback from a Mobile Device to a Playback Device
15 Jul 21
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
Orientation-Based Playback Device Microphone Selection
15 Jul 21
Aspects of a multi-orientation playback device including at least one microphone array are discussed.
Brendan Welch, Romi Kadri, Jonathon Reilly
Filed: 21 Dec 20
Design
Speaker grill with graduated hole sizing over a transition area for a media device
13 Jul 21
Youjin Nam
Filed: 9 Apr 19
Design
Playback device
13 Jul 21
Mieko Kusano, Ernesto Figueira, Roland Bird, Niels van Hoof
Filed: 14 Feb 20
Utility
Calibration state variable
13 Jul 21
Example techniques involve a calibration state variable.
Dayn Wilberding, Neil Griffiths
Filed: 3 May 19
Utility
Multimedia Content Distribution System and Method
8 Jul 21
A system that facilitates sharing of multimedia content includes a user interface, network circuitry; and one or more processors.
Margot Stephenson
Filed: 19 Nov 20
Utility
Media Playback Based on Sensor Data
8 Jul 21
Example techniques relate to playback based on acoustic signals in a system including a first playback device and a second playback device.
Jonathon Reilly, Niels Van Erven
Filed: 20 Mar 21
Utility
Audio Conflict Resolution
8 Jul 21
An example playback device is a first playback device in a media system.
Dayn Wilberding
Filed: 4 Jan 21
Utility
Multi-channel Acoustic Echo Cancellation
8 Jul 21
A playback device is configured to receive, via a network interface, a source stream of audio including first and second channel streams of audio, and to produce, via respective first and second speaker drivers, a first channel audio output and a second channel audio output.
Saeed Bagheri Sereshki, Romi Kadri
Filed: 11 Jan 21
Utility
Voice Verification for Media Playback
8 Jul 21
In one aspect, a network microphone device includes a plurality of microphones and is configured to capture a voice input via the one or more microphones, detect a wake word in the voice input, transmit data associated with the voice input to one or more remote computing devices associated with a voice assistant service, and receive a response from the one or more remote computing devices, the response comprising a playback command based on the voice input.
Connor Kristopher Smith
Filed: 7 Jan 20
Utility
Devices, Systems, and Methods for Distributed Voice Processing
8 Jul 21
Systems and methods for distributed voice processing are disclosed herein.
Connor Kristopher Smith, John Tolomei, Betty Lee
Filed: 14 Dec 20
Utility
Playback queue with software components
6 Jul 21
Example techniques described herein relate to a software application that is configured to operate as an add-on software component to audio-playback software on a playback device of a media playback system.
Mark Triplett
Filed: 18 Oct 19
Utility
Identification of audio content
6 Jul 21
An example implementation involves a playback device receiving digital data representing audio content, the digital data encoded in a first format.
Eric Clayton, Aurelio Rafael Ramos
Filed: 21 Apr 20
Utility
Distributed provisioning of properties of operational settings of a media playback system
6 Jul 21
Devices, system, and methods are disclosed for provisioning devices over a cloud network in accordance with modifications to operational settings of a media playback system.
Keith Thoresz, Daniel Casimiro, Sachin Lad, Steven Beckhardt
Filed: 17 Aug 20
Utility
Group coordinator selection
6 Jul 21
Examples described herein involve selecting a group coordinator device for a zone group.
Hrishikesh Gossain
Filed: 10 Jun 19