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Design
Retail fixture
30 Mar 20
Fernando Music, Anthony Sperduti
Filed: 12 Nov 17
Utility
Playback device volume control
30 Mar 20
A system is described for maintaining synchrony of operations among a plurality of devices that have independent clocking arrangements.
Nicholas A. J. Millington
Filed: 30 Jun 19
Utility
Media playback system with concurrent voice assistance
30 Mar 20
Example techniques involve invoking voice assistance for a media playback system.
Dayn Wilberding, John Tolomei
Filed: 3 Nov 19
Utility
Playback Device Mode Based on Device Base
25 Mar 20
Example techniques relate to changing a playback device mode based on a device base.
Jonathan P. Lang, Christopher D. Butts
Filed: 24 Nov 19
Utility
Voice Detection Optimization Based on Selected Voice Assistant Service
25 Mar 20
Systems and methods for optimizing voice detection via a network microphone device (NMD) based on a selected voice-assistant service (VAS) are disclosed herein.
Connor Kristopher Smith, Kurt Thomas Soto, Charles Conor Sleith
Filed: 24 Sep 18
Utility
Voice Detection Optimization Using Sound Metadata
25 Mar 20
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: 20 Sep 18
Utility
Conditional Content Enhancement
25 Mar 20
An example computer system identifies a capability of a playback device to reproduce audio content.
Romi Kadri
Filed: 25 Nov 19
Design
Playback device
23 Mar 20
Mieko Kusano, Ernesto Figueira, Roland Bird, Niels van Hoof
Filed: 12 Sep 18
Utility
Optimization of network microphone devices using noise classification
23 Mar 20
Systems and methods for optimizing network microphone devices using noise classification are disclosed herein.
Kurt Thomas Soto
Filed: 19 Dec 18
Utility
Controlling multi-site media playback systems
23 Mar 20
Systems and methods for controlling multi-site media playback systems include, among other features, a computing system (i) receiving, from a first media playback device connected to a first network, a first registration message, (ii) in response to receiving the first registration message, assigning a system identifier and a first subsystem identifier to the first media playback device, (iii) receiving, from a second media playback device connected to the first network, a second registration message, (iv) in response to receiving the second registration message, assigning the system identifier and the first subsystem identifier to the second media playback device, (v) determining that the second media playback device is disconnected from the first network and connected to a second network, and (vi) in response to determining that the second media playback device is connected to the second network, assigning a second subsystem identifier to the second media playback device.
Seth David Goldstein, Greg Ramsperger, Michael Agerbak, Arthur L. Coburn, IV, Andy Mellors, Nikit Waghela, Steve Beckhardt
Filed: 24 Jun 18
Utility
Group volume control
23 Mar 20
An example method involves providing an interface that simultaneously displays an indication of a respective volume corresponding to each of at least two zone players and displays a respective selectable icon corresponding to each of the at least two zone players.
Abhishek Kumar, Mike Lemmon, Stephanie Hughes
Filed: 10 Mar 14
Utility
Dynamic bonding of playback devices
23 Mar 20
Examples of dynamic bonding of playback devices are disclosed.
Mark Triplett, Steven Beckhardt
Filed: 7 Jan 18
Utility
Audio processing algorithms
23 Mar 20
Examples described herein involve determining an audio processing algorithm for a playback device to apply when playing audio content in a playback zone.
Timothy W. Sheen
Filed: 16 Apr 18
Utility
Media Playback System with Concurrent Voice Assistance
18 Mar 20
Example techniques involve invoking voice assistance for a media playback system.
Dayn Wilberding, John Tolomei
Filed: 3 Nov 19
Utility
Networked Devices, Systems, & Methods for Intelligently Deactivating Wake-word Engines
18 Mar 20
In one aspect, a playback deice 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
Networked Devices, Systems, & Methods for Associating Playback Devices Based on Sound Codes
18 Mar 20
In one aspect, a playback device is provided that is configured to identify a trigger event indicating a request to associate the playback device with another playback device.
Connor Kristopher Smith, Charles Conor Sleith, John Tolomei
Filed: 13 Sep 18
Utility
Contextualization of voice inputs
16 Mar 20
Disclosed herein are example techniques to provide contextual information corresponding to a voice command.
Jonathan P. Lang, Romi Kadri, Christopher Butts
Filed: 14 Nov 18
Utility
Location based playback system control
16 Mar 20
Example implementations may involve using a prompt to prevent inadvertent control or playback of audio content.
Paul Andrew Bates
Filed: 19 Aug 18
Utility
Systems and methods of distributing audio to one or more playback devices
16 Mar 20
An example method includes receiving data indicating a configuration of one or more playback devices.
Ted Lin, Romi Kadri
Filed: 19 May 19
Utility
Sound Bar to Provide Information Associated with a Media Item
11 Mar 20
Example techniques relate to a soundbar that provides information associated with a media item.
Ron Kuper
Filed: 12 Nov 19