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Utility
Default playback device designation
11 May 21
Systems and methods discussed herein involve designating a default playback device in a local playback network.
Jonathan P. Lang
Filed: 1 Mar 19
Utility
Calibration based on audio content
11 May 21
An example playback device is configured to (i) receive, via a network interface, data representing a command to play back audio content, where the audio content is a first type of audio content, (ii) during playback of the first type of audio content via an audio amplifier configured to drive a speaker, apply a first calibration and a second calibration to playback by the playback device, where the first calibration at least partially offsets one or more acoustic characteristics of an environment surrounding the playback device when applied to playback by the playback device, and where the second calibration corresponds to the first type of audio content, and (iii) during playback of a second type of audio content via the audio amplifier configured to drive the speaker, apply a third calibration to playback by the playback device, where the third calibration corresponds to the second type of audio content.
Klaus Hartung, Dayn Wilberding
Filed: 21 Dec 20
Design
Retail fixture
11 May 21
Fernando Music, Anthony Sperduti
Filed: 14 Feb 20
Utility
Environmental condition detection
11 May 21
Examples described herein involve detecting known environmental conditions of using a neural network.
Klaus Hartung, Greg Bright
Filed: 13 Sep 19
Utility
Information Display Regarding Playback Queue Subscriptions
6 May 21
Example techniques relate to playback queue subscriptions.
Chris Bierbower, Philippe Vossel
Filed: 5 Oct 20
Utility
Sharing Access to a Media Service
6 May 21
Examples provided herein are directed to a computing device and media playback system sharing access to a media service corresponding to a media application installed on the computing device.
Ron Kuper, Sherwin Liu, Emilio Arce, Arthur L. Coburn, IV
Filed: 11 Jan 21
Utility
Systems and Methods for Networked Music Playback
6 May 21
An example system is configured to (i) cause a client station to operate in a first mode in which the client station is configured for playback of a remote playback queue provided by a cloud-based computing system associated with a cloud-based media service, (ii) cause a zone player to take over playback responsibility for the remote playback queue, (iii) cause the zone player to (a) communicate with the cloud-based computing system to obtain data identifying a next one or more media items in the remote playback queue, (b) use the obtained data to retrieve at least one media item in the remote playback queue from the cloud-based media service, and (c) play back the retrieved at least one media item, and (iv) cause the client station to transition from the first mode to a second mode in which the client station is configured to control the zone player's playback of the remote playback queue.
Arthur Coburn, IV, Joni Rafalski Hoadley
Filed: 8 Jan 21
Utility
Systems and Methods of Providing Spatial Audio Associated with a Simulated Environment
6 May 21
Systems and methods for providing spatial audio are disclosed herein.
Cole Harris, Jeffrey Michael Torgerson
Filed: 30 Oct 19
Utility
Spatial antenna diversity techniques
4 May 21
Embodiments disclosed herein include headphone devices with spatially diverse antennas employing multiple operational modes and antenna switching policies.
Niels van Erven, Kasra Payandehjoo, Michael Frey, Anthony Maglio, Ron Roberts
Filed: 9 Apr 20
Utility
Suggested application download
4 May 21
Example techniques involve suggesting an application of a streaming audio service via an application of a media playback system.
Christopher D. Butts
Filed: 30 Nov 18
Utility
Receiving media content based on user media preferences
27 Apr 21
Embodiments are provided for receiving media content based on the user media preferences.
Yean-Nian W. Chen
Filed: 2 Feb 20
Utility
Audio Track Selection and Playback
22 Apr 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: 23 Dec 20
Utility
Vas Toggle Based on Device Orientation
22 Apr 21
As noted above, example techniques relate to toggling a cloud-based VAS between enabled and disabled modes.
Fiede Schillmoeller, Connor Smith
Filed: 22 Oct 19
Utility
Control Signal Repeater System
22 Apr 21
An example playback device includes a housing having a front side, a back side, a first end, and a second end.
Alex DiDonato
Filed: 28 Dec 20
Utility
Portable Device Microphone Status Indicator
22 Apr 21
A method performed by a portable playback device comprises receiving, via the portable playback device, a power activation indication.
Jodi Vautrin
Filed: 19 Oct 20
Utility
Voice Control of a Media Playback System
22 Apr 21
Multiple aspects of systems and methods for voice control and related features and functionality for various embodiments of media playback devices, networked microphone devices, microphone-equipped media playback devices, and speaker-equipped networked microphone devices are disclosed and described herein, including but not limited to designating and managing default networked devices, audio response playback, room-corrected voice detection, content mixing, music service selection, metadata exchange between networked playback systems and networked microphone systems, handling loss of pairing between networked devices, actions based on user identification, and other voice control of networked devices.
Jonathan P. Lang, Mark Plagge, Simon Jarvis, Romi Kadri, Yean-Nian Willy Chen, Paul Andrew Bates, Luis Vega-Zayas, Chistopher Butts, Nicholas A.J. Millington, Keith Corbin
Filed: 31 Aug 20
Utility
Systems and Methods of Adjusting Bass Levels of Multi-Channel Audio Signals
22 Apr 21
Systems and methods for adjusting bass levels of a multi-channel audio signal include, among other features, (i) receiving the multi-channel signal via a playback device; (ii) separating, from the multi-channel signal, low-frequency signals comprising frequencies less than a threshold frequency; (iii) determining electrical energies of the low-frequency signals; (iv) determining a first energy by summing the electrical energies of the low-frequency signals; (v) consolidating the low-frequency signals into a consolidated low-frequency signal; (vi) determining a second energy by determining an electrical energy of the consolidated low-frequency signal; (vii) generating a gain-adjusted low-frequency signal by adjusting a gain of the consolidated low-frequency signal based on both (a) the first energy and (b) the second energy; (viii) generating a gain-adjusted multi-channel signal by mixing the gain-adjusted low-frequency signal back into the multi-channel signal; and (ix) using the gain-adjusted multi-channel signal to play back gain-adjusted multi-channel audio content via the playback device.
Hilmar Lehnert, Aurelio Ramos, Bob Dizon
Filed: 28 Dec 20
Utility
Playback device mode based on device base
13 Apr 21
Example techniques relate to changing a playback device mode based on a device base.
Jonathan P. Lang, Christopher D. Butts
Filed: 25 Nov 19
Utility
Playback device connection
13 Apr 21
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: 5 Apr 16
Utility
Network Identification of Portable Electronic Devices While Changing Power States
8 Apr 21
Systems and methods for maintaining knowledge of a network address (e.g., a MAC address) for a playback device while changing power states are disclosed.
Hrishikesh Gossain
Filed: 15 Dec 20