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Utility
Continuous Playback Queue
30 Dec 20
Embodiments are described herein that involve a media playback system playing back a playback queue according to a continuous-playback mode.
Keith Corbin, Steven Beckhardt, Arthur L. Coburn, IV
Filed: 16 Aug 20
Utility
Room Association Based on Name
30 Dec 20
Systems and methods for use in a media playback system comprising one or more playback devices are disclosed, where a playback device has a corresponding first set of device attributes used by a first controller application.
Dayn Wilberding, Chris Bierbower, Mish Fabok, Jake Szymanski, JD Hooge, Tristan Wood, Chip Truex, Christopher Butts, Paul Bates
Filed: 12 Jul 20
Design
Speaker shelf
28 Dec 20
Dylan Entelis, Matthew Malone, Zachary Scott
Filed: 27 Sep 18
Design
Display stand
28 Dec 20
Maximillian Burton, Quinn Huffstetler, Hoang M. Nguyen, Anthony Sperduti
Filed: 24 Jun 19
Design
Media player device
28 Dec 20
Aki Laine, Philippe Vossel, Edward Mitchell
Filed: 27 Sep 17
Design
Media player device
28 Dec 20
Youjin Nam, Aki Laine, Edward Mitchell
Filed: 28 Feb 19
Design
Playback device
28 Dec 20
Mieko Kusano, Wai-Loong Lim, Hilmar Lehnert, Ong Kok Aun, Koh Eng Giap
Filed: 9 Jan 19
Design
Retail fixture
28 Dec 20
Fernando Music, Anthony Sperduti
Filed: 26 Jun 18
Utility
Playback device control
28 Dec 20
Examples described herein involve a playback device performing one or more playback device actions based on locations of one or more physical contacts on an external surface of the playback device.
Neil Griffiths, Chris Bierbower, Matt Nelson, Paul Kafadar
Filed: 9 Jul 19
Utility
Media system controller interface
28 Dec 20
Techniques described herein relate to media playback controller interfaces, interface layouts, and interactions for facilitating navigation and control.
Jaime Munoz, Jonathan D. Garn, Michael Lemmon
Filed: 11 Aug 19
Utility
Activity reset
28 Dec 20
In an example implementation, a method may involve sending a message that arranges a media playback system into a pre-defined state, wherein a first playback device is in a first zone having a first zone name, a second playback device is in a second zone having a second zone name, and a queue has a particular set of media items.
Joni R. Hoadley, Diane Roberts, Robert A. Lambourne
Filed: 29 Aug 19
Utility
Music discovery dial
28 Dec 20
Example techniques may involve tuning a music discovery dial.
Christopher Alexis Kotelly, Dayn Wilberding, Ron Kuper
Filed: 17 May 20
Utility
Displaying data related to media content
28 Dec 20
Examples described herein may include a computing device of a media playback system receiving a display map corresponding to a media service provider.
Keith Corbin
Filed: 17 Jun 18
Utility
Playback of curated according to media preferences
28 Dec 20
Example techniques involve playback of curated playlists based on media preferences.
Maarten van der Heide
Filed: 18 Feb 20
Utility
Queue identification
28 Dec 20
Example techniques relate to a playback device that facilitates queue identification.
Arthur L. Coburn, IV
Filed: 17 Oct 19
Utility
Networked devices, systems, and methods for intelligently deactivating wake-word engines
28 Dec 20
In one aspect, a playback device is configured to identify in an audio stream, via a second wake-word engine, a false wake word for a first wake-word engine that is configured to receive as input sound data based on sound detected by a microphone.
Connor Kristopher Smith, Charles Conor Sleith, Kurt Thomas Soto
Filed: 13 Sep 18
Utility
Control signal repeater system
28 Dec 20
An example playback device includes a housing having a front side, a back side, a first end, and a second end.
Alex DiDonato
Filed: 23 May 19
Utility
Media preference database
28 Dec 20
Examples described herein involve media preferences corresponding to multiple user accounts.
Maarten van der Heide
Filed: 4 Nov 18
Utility
Three-dimensional beam forming with a microphone array
28 Dec 20
Systems and methods for three-dimensional beamforming disclosed herein include, among other features (i) generating a set of received-sound beams by applying a plurality of sets of beamforming coefficients stored in a tangible memory of the network device to sound received via a microphone array of the network device, wherein each received-sound beam corresponds to a separate direction relative to the microphone array, (ii) identifying a subset of the received-sound beams comprising speech content, (iii) for each received-sound beam in the subset of the received-sound beams comprising speech content, determining whether the speech content comprises a wake word, (iv) selecting one final received-sound beam from the received-sound beams in the subset of the received-sound beams determined to comprise a wake word; and (v) causing the selected one final received-sound beam to be processed to identify a voice command.
Matthew Buoni, Romi Kadri, Tetsuro Oishi
Filed: 15 Dec 19
Utility
Network microphone devices with automatic do not disturb actuation capabilities
28 Dec 20
Embodiments disclosed herein include networked microphone devices (NMD) determining whether a Do Not Disturb (DND) feature should be activated, in response to determining that the DND feature should be activated, activating the DND feature.
Sein Woo, Ryan Myers, Charles Freedman
Filed: 9 Dec 18