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Utility
Audio track selection and playback
8 Jun 20
A computing device detects a first playback condition indicating a presence of a user in a zone in a media playback system.
Robert Reimann, David Taylor, Abhishek Kumar
Filed: 19 Jun 19
Utility
Systems and methods for associating playback devices with voice assistant services
8 Jun 20
Systems and methods for media playback via a media playback system include detecting a first wake word via a first network microphone device of a first playback device, detecting a second wake word via a second network microphone device of a second playback device, and forming a bonded zone that includes the first playback device and the second playback device.
Sein Woo, John G. Tolomei
Filed: 27 Jun 18
Utility
Wireless transmission to satellites for multichannel audio system
8 Jun 20
Some disclosed systems and methods include assigning channel streams to satellite playback devices, delaying initial transmission of surround sound content to satellite playback devices to accumulate audio samples for transmission in individual frames of surround sound content, and taking advantage of configured playback delays for different channels of surround sound content to prioritize transmission of channels of surround sound content having shorter configured playback delays over transmission of channels of surround sound content having longer configured playback delays.
Steven Beckhardt
Filed: 16 May 19
Utility
Contextual Indexing of Media Items
3 Jun 20
Example techniques related to a sub-index of a media index.
Amber Brown, Diane Roberts
Filed: 1 Feb 20
Utility
Systems and Methods of Distributing Audio to One or More Playback Devices
3 Jun 20
An example method includes receiving data indicating a configuration of one or more playback devices.
Ted Lin, Romi Kadri
Filed: 4 Feb 20
Utility
Music Service Selection
3 Jun 20
Methods and apparatus for identifying a music service based on a user command.
Simon Jarvis, Mark Plagge, Christopher Butts
Filed: 2 Feb 20
Utility
Failure Recovery of Wearable Playback Device
3 Jun 20
An example implementation may involve a group of wearable playback devices including a first wearable playback device and a second wearable playback device.
Steven Beckhardt, Jonathan Paul Lang, Jonathon Reilly
Filed: 9 Feb 20
Utility
Receiving Media Content Based on User Media Preferences
3 Jun 20
Embodiments are provided for receiving media content based on the user media preferences.
Yean-Nian W. Chen
Filed: 1 Feb 20
Design
Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface for media playback control
1 Jun 20
Brandon Lynne, Ryan Kitson, Agnes Won, Nikolai Kutateladze, Christine Oh
Filed: 27 Sep 18
Utility
Remote command learning
1 Jun 20
Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to learn and share remote commands are disclosed.
Neil Griffiths, Simon Jarvis, Hilmar Lehnert, Aurelio Ramos
Filed: 19 Aug 19
Utility
Noise reduction for high-airflow audio transducers
1 Jun 20
Example techniques may involve reduction of turbulence noise from a sound transducer that is mounted within an interior housing of a playback device.
Tetsuro Oishi
Filed: 27 Sep 18
Utility
Concurrent multi-driver calibration
1 Jun 20
Examples involve calibration of a playback device including multiple audio transducers.
Timothy Sheen, Aurelio Ramos
Filed: 15 Aug 19
Utility
Speaker calibration user interface
25 May 20
An example implementation may involve a control device displaying a prompt to initiate a calibration sequence that involves calibration of a playback device for a given environment in which the playback device is located.
Timothy Sheen, Dayn Wilberding
Filed: 19 May 19
Utility
Cloud queue access control
25 May 20
An example implementation may involve a computing system receiving, from a media playback system, a request to initiate playback of a cloud queue.
Steven Beckhardt, Andrew J. Schulert, Gregory Ramsperger
Filed: 25 Sep 18
Utility
Playback devices having waveguides
25 May 20
A playback device comprises an electroacoustic transducer; an acoustic waveguide in fluid communication with the transducer; and a housing delimiting an opening of the waveguide, the opening extending around an axis passing through the transducer.
Michael Chamness, Greg Flanagan, Camille Zaba, Brandon Holley
Filed: 26 Aug 19
Utility
Seamlessly joining sides of a speaker enclosure
25 May 20
A method for joining sides of a speaker enclosure includes affixing a speaker grill element to a substructure element, where the speaker grill element has a depth that is shorter than its length and width, includes a first surface and a second surface parallel to each other, and includes hole openings, where the substructure element has a depth that is shorter than its length and width, includes protrusions above its front surface, and includes openings larger than the openings in the speaker grill element, and where the speaker grill element is aligned lengthwise to a first plane, inserting the joined speaker grill element and substructure element into a mould, where in combination with portions of the speaker grill element and the substructure element, a surface of the mould forms a mould cavity, and injecting molten plastic into the mould cavity to form an injection moulded side element.
Nicholas Long, Brandon Holley, Sivarupan Sivasubramaniam
Filed: 29 Sep 16
Utility
Playback Device Pairing
20 May 20
The present application discloses playback devices and networks, software for operating playback devices and playback device networks, and methods of operating playback devices and networks, where an individual network device is configured to switch between operating various operating modes comprising a non-paired mode and a paired mode, where the playback device is configured to output various channels of audio content within various audio frequency ranges while operating in the various operating modes.
Christopher Kallai, Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Robert A. Lambourne, Robert Reimann, Mark Triplett
Filed: 26 Jan 20
Utility
Manipulation of Playback Device Response Using Signal Processing
20 May 20
Example techniques involve balancing bass response of a multiple driver playback device.
Mike Chamness, Romi Kadri
Filed: 18 Aug 19
Utility
Music discovery dial
18 May 20
Example techniques may involve tuning a music discovery dial.
Christopher Alexis Kotelly, Dayn Wilberding, Ron Kuper
Filed: 4 Mar 18
Utility
Speaker spider measurement technique
18 May 20
A digital image of a speaker spider may be received from an optical microscope or laser microscope.
Richard Warren Little
Filed: 25 Aug 16