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Utility
Command dial in a media playback system
24 Oct 23
Embodiments are described herein that provide a dedicated command device that is bonded to a zone player or zone to perform adjustments to the zone player or zone.
Stefan Reichert, David John McCaffree Amaranto
Filed: 31 Jul 21
Utility
Systems and methods for voice-assisted media content selection
24 Oct 23
Systems and methods for media playback via a media playback system include (i) capturing a voice input comprising a request for media content, (ii) receiving information derived at least from the request for media content, (iii) requesting and receiving information from at least one remote computing device associated with a first media content service and at least one remote computing device associated with a second media content service, wherein (a) the information identifies first media content available via the first media content service for playback and identifies second media content available via the second media content service for playback, and (b) the first and second media content are related to the requested media content, and (iv) after receiving at least one of the first information and the second information, (a) selecting the first media content instead of the second media content, and (b) playing back the first media content.
Sherwin Liu, Paul Bates
Filed: 4 Nov 21
Utility
Group coordinator selection
24 Oct 23
A first playback device may include at least one battery, a network interface, at least one processor, a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium.
Hrishikesh Gossain, Gary Fox, Jeff Derderian, Jeffrey Peters
Filed: 21 Nov 22
Utility
Voice assistant persistence across multiple network microphone devices
24 Oct 23
Systems and methods for maintaining voice assistant persistence across multiple network microphone devices are described.
Connor Kristopher Smith, Paul Bates
Filed: 16 Jul 21
Utility
Media playback system with maximum volume setting
24 Oct 23
In one example, a zone player may include a network interface, at least one processor, a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium that may be executable by the at least one processor such that the zone player is configured to receive an instruction to change a volume setting of the zone player to a requested volume level; in response to receiving the instruction to change the volume setting of the zone player to the requested volume level, adjust the volume setting of the zone player to an adapted volume level that is lower than the requested volume level; and after adjusting the volume setting of the zone player to the adapted volume level, send an indication that the volume setting of the zone player has been adjusted to the requested volume level rather than the adapted volume level.
Frank Charlton, Jodi Vautrin, Robert Lambourne, Nathan Fish, Daniel Casimiro, Won So
Filed: 20 Dec 21
Utility
Signal limit based on detecting clipping
24 Oct 23
Example techniques may involve controlling a passive radiator.
Tony Doy
Filed: 8 Dec 22
Utility
Calibration interface
24 Oct 23
Examples disclosed herein relate to playback device calibration.
Dayn Wilberding, Timothy Sheen
Filed: 23 Nov 22
Utility
Calibration using multiple recording devices
24 Oct 23
Example techniques may involve calibration with multiple recording devices.
Klaus Hartung
Filed: 29 Jul 22
Utility
Systems and methods for playback device management
24 Oct 23
Systems and methods for managing playback devices in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated.
Kurt Thomas Soto
Filed: 28 Jan 20
Utility
Systems and Methods for Networked Media Playback
19 Oct 23
A first network device is configured to (i) receive, using a first communication protocol, first media content from a second network device, (ii) transmit, using a second communication protocol, the first media content to a third network device, (iii) cause the third network device to play back the first media content, (iv) receive second media content from a fourth network device, (v) receive, via a microphone, microphone data, (vi) while transmitting the first media content to the third network device and causing the third network device to play back the first media content, play back the second media content via an audio transducer, and (vii) while transmitting the first media content to the third network device and causing the third network device to play back the first media content, transmit, to the fourth network device, audio content corresponding to the received microphone data.
Arthur Coburn, IV, Joni Rafalski Hoadley
Filed: 22 Jun 23
Utility
Guest access for voice control of playback devices
17 Oct 23
Playback devices comprising a network interface, an optional speaker(s), and one or more processors are disclosed herein.
Paul Andrew Bates
Filed: 18 Jul 22
Utility
Voice detection optimization using sound metadata
17 Oct 23
Systems and methods for optimizing voice detection via a network microphone device are disclosed herein.
Connor Kristopher Smith, Kurt Thomas Soto, Charles Conor Sleith
Filed: 18 May 21
Utility
Thermal control of audio playback devices
17 Oct 23
To avoid damage from overheating, playback device operation can be modulated based on input from temperature sensors.
Hilmar Lehnert, Aurelio Ramos
Filed: 6 Oct 22
Utility
Determining and adapting to changes in microphone performance of playback devices
17 Oct 23
Systems and methods for determining and adapting to changes in microphone performance of playback devices are disclosed herein.
Kurt Thomas Soto, Connor Kristopher Smith, Roberto Maria Dizon, Patrick Kevin McPherson, Charles Conor Sleith
Filed: 12 Mar 21
Utility
System limits based on known triggers
17 Oct 23
In an example implementation, a method may involve, while a first zone and a second zone of a media playback system are playing back respective media, receiving data indicating the occurrence of a first trigger condition.
Kirk Bulis, Jeremy Wessely, Jonathan Lang, Romi Kadri
Filed: 3 Sep 19
Utility
Control based on proximity
17 Oct 23
Embodiments described herein provide for detecting presence of an object in proximity to a playback device and responsively performing one or more operations.
Jonathon Reilly, Neil Griffiths
Filed: 27 Dec 21
Utility
Systems and methods for selective wake word detection using neural network models
17 Oct 23
Systems and methods for media playback via a media playback system include capturing sound data via a network microphone device and identifying a candidate wake word in the sound data.
Joachim Fainberg, Daniele Giacobello, Klaus Hartung
Filed: 13 Jul 21
Utility
Home Graph
12 Oct 23
Example techniques involve a control hierarchy for a “smart” home having smart appliances and related devices, such as wireless illumination devices, home-automation devices (e.g., thermostats, door locks, etc.), and audio playback devices, among others.
Robert Lambourne, Dayn Wilberding, Jeffrey Torgerson
Filed: 1 May 23
Utility
Playback Device Group Volume Control
12 Oct 23
Embodiments are provided for satellite volume control.
Bob Dizon, Neil Griffith, Luis R. Vega Zayas
Filed: 3 Jan 23
Utility
Systems and Methods of Adjusting Bass Levels of Multi-Channel Audio Signals
12 Oct 23
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: 9 Jun 23