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Utility
Playback device
2 Feb 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: 1 Jul 19
Utility
Playback device
2 Feb 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: 20 Aug 19
Utility
Immersive audio in a media playback system
2 Feb 21
Embodiments described herein involve an auxiliary zone contributing audio to a primary zone.
Jonathan Lang
Filed: 2 Feb 20
Utility
Playback device connection
2 Feb 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
Playback device connection
2 Feb 21
An example playback device includes programming to perform functions including detecting a triggering event that causes the playback device to transmit a first message indicating that the playback device is available for setup.
Nicholas A. J. Millington, Paul V. Hainsworth
Filed: 17 Jan 20
Utility
Voice Controlled Media Playback System
28 Jan 21
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for receiving a voice command and determining an appropriate action for the media playback system to execute based on user identification.
Simon Jarvis, Romi Kadri, Christopher Butts
Filed: 10 Aug 20
Utility
Acoustic signatures in a playback system
26 Jan 21
Embodiments described herein provide for acoustic signatures in a playback system.
Robert Reimann
Filed: 13 Aug 18
Utility
Zone scene management
19 Jan 21
A computing device capable of controlling a networked media playback system receives data identifying a first zone player, a second zone player, and a zone scene including a predefined grouping of zone players including at least the first zone player and the second zone player.
Robert A. Lambourne
Filed: 24 May 19
Utility
Methods and apparatus for direct routing between nodes of networks
12 Jan 21
A network interface of a first computing device is configured to operate according to a bridge table.
Jeffrey M. Peters, Steven Beckhardt, Hrishikesh Gossain, Nicholas A. J. Millington
Filed: 20 Sep 19
Utility
Systems and methods for displaying a transitional graphical user interface while loading media information for a networked media playback system
12 Jan 21
Loading content on a screen in a structured manner in accordance with embodiments of the invention can provide a smoother user experience by simulating progress with visual cues.
Samuel Gates, Cameron Scott, Brandon Lynne, Eric Clayton, Andrew Mellors
Filed: 11 Nov 19
Utility
Prioritizing media content requests
12 Jan 21
Example techniques relate to prioritizing media content requests.
Keith Corbin
Filed: 18 Oct 19
Utility
Multi-channel acoustic echo cancellation
12 Jan 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: 10 Oct 19
Utility
Transferring playback from a mobile device to a playback device
12 Jan 21
A first connection state may be entered on a computing device.
Abhishek Kumar, Andrew Schulert, Robert Andrew Lambourne, Arthur L. Coburn, IV
Filed: 1 Apr 19
Utility
Acoustic Signatures In a Playback System
6 Jan 21
A first computing device is configured to establish a communication path with a second computing device and receive, from the second computing device over the communication path, an indication to begin transmitting an audio tone comprising identifying information for the first computing device, where the audio tone, when detected by the second computing device, causes the second computing device to update a user interface of the second computing device.
Robert Reimann
Filed: 15 Sep 20
Utility
Systems and Methods of User Localization
6 Jan 21
Systems and methods are disclosed in which a playback device transmits a first sound signal including a predetermined waveform.
Eric Frank
Filed: 23 Sep 20
Utility
Playback Device Connection
6 Jan 21
An example playback device includes programming to perform functions including detecting a triggering event that causes the playback device to transmit a first message indicating the playback device is available for setup and establishing an initial communication path with a computing device.
Nicholas A.J. Millington, Paul V. Hainsworth
Filed: 10 Sep 20
Utility
Playback device calibration based on representative spectral characteristics
4 Jan 21
An example computing device is configured to perform functions including receiving a plurality of spectral data associated with a respective plurality of playback environments corresponding to a respective plurality of playback devices.
Klaus Hartung, Simon Jarvis, Tim Sheen, Chris Davies
Filed: 28 Aug 19
Utility
Media content search based on metadata
4 Jan 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: 19 Aug 18
Utility
Content Rules Engines for Audio Playback Devices
30 Dec 20
Content rules engines for playback devices are disclosed herein.
Jeffrey Michael Torgerson, Sanford William Spivey, Ryan Taylor
Filed: 13 Sep 20
Utility
Systems and Methods for Networked Music Playback
30 Dec 20
An example zone player is configured to receive, from a cloud-based computing system, (i) an instruction for the zone player to accept playback responsibility for a remote playback queue, and (ii) data for retrieving at least a first media item identified in the remote playback queue from a cloud-based media service.
Arthur Coburn, IV, Joni Rafalski Hoadley
Filed: 10 Sep 20