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Playback Device Pairing
11 Mar 20
Technology for grouping, consolidating, and pairing individual playback devices with network capability (players) to stimulate a multi-channel listening environment is disclosed.
Christopher Kallai, Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Robert A. Lambourne, Robert Reimann, Mark Triplett
Filed: 30 Oct 19
Utility
Systems and Methods of Adjusting Bass Levels of Multi-Channel Audio Signals
11 Mar 20
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: 24 Sep 19
Utility
Cloud queue synchronization
9 Mar 20
Example techniques relate to cloud queue synchronization.
Arthur L. Coburn, IV, Steven Beckhardt, Andrew J. Schulert
Filed: 1 Apr 19
Utility
Mirrored queues
9 Mar 20
Embodiments disclosed herein involve a first playback device, associated with a first household, where the first playback device is configured to mirror a playback queue that is associated with a second playback device, where the second playback device is associated with a second household.
Steven Beckhardt
Filed: 31 Mar 14
Utility
Multiple household management
9 Mar 20
Embodiments described herein include systems and methods for providing a management interface for controlling multiple households.
Ron Kuper, Arthur L. Coburn, IV, John Meyer, Mike Delaney
Filed: 30 Jun 19
Utility
Facilitating calibration of an audio playback device
9 Mar 20
Example techniques facilitate calibration of a playback device.
Timothy W. Sheen
Filed: 6 Nov 18
Utility
Network microphone device with command keyword conditioning
9 Mar 20
In one aspect, a playback device includes a voice assistant service (VAS) wake-word engine and a command keyword engine.
Connor Smith, John Tolomei, Kurt Soto
Filed: 11 Jun 19
Utility
Management of media content playback
9 Mar 20
Example techniques may involve managing playback of media content by a playback device.
Yean-Nian W. Chen
Filed: 18 Jun 18
Utility
Networked devices, systems, and methods for associating playback devices based on sound codes
9 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
Audio Notifications
4 Mar 20
Systems and methods for a playback device outputting an audio alert from a network-enabled device include (i) while the playback device is playing back audio content, receiving an alert communication from the network-enabled device, the alert communication including (a) an audio notification identifier that identifies an audio notification and (b) a priority identifier that identifies a priority level of the audio notification; (ii) responsive to receiving the alert communication, adding the audio notification to a notification queue at a particular queue position, where the particular queue position of the audio notification in the notification queue is based on the priority level of the audio notification relative to other audio content in the notification queue; (iii) adjusting playback of the audio content for playing back the audio notification; and (iv) the playback device playing back the audio notification.
Nathan Fish, Daniel Casimiro
Filed: 30 Sep 18
Utility
Wake-Word Detection Suppression
4 Mar 20
Example techniques involve suppressing a wake word response to a local wake word.
Jonathan P. Lang
Filed: 10 Nov 19
Utility
Media Playback System with Maximum Volume Setting
4 Mar 20
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: 27 Oct 19
Utility
Do Not Disturb Feature for Audio Notifications
4 Mar 20
Systems and methods for actuating a Do Not Disturb (DND) feature of a playback device that is configured to play back alert notifications from a plurality of network-enabled devices include (i) a mobile device receiving input data representing a selection of the playback device; (ii) the mobile device receiving input data representing a selection of a DND time period; and (iii) responsive to receiving the input data representing the selections of the playback device and the DND time period, sending an instruction to the selected playback device that causes the selected playback device to enter a DND mode for the duration of the selected DND time period, during which the selected playback device is instructed to not play back alert notifications when the alert notifications are received from at least one network-enabled device of the plurality of network-enabled devices.
Robert A. Lambourne, Nathan Fish
Filed: 30 Oct 18
Utility
Adding to a Remote Playlist
4 Mar 20
Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to facilitate discovery and remote configuration of content for playback via a multimedia playback network are disclosed.
Mark Triplett, Jonathan P. Lang, Hrishikesh Gossain
Filed: 8 Sep 19
Utility
Passive Speaker Authentication
4 Mar 20
Systems and methods for authenticating a passive speaker include (i) activating, by a playback device configured to drive the passive speaker, a passive speaker identification circuit of the passive speaker by providing an identification signal to an input terminal of the passive speaker, wherein the passive speaker is a particular type of passive speaker having particular characteristics; (ii) while the passive speaker identification circuit is active, measuring, by the playback device, an electrical current of the identification signal; (iii) determining, based on the measured electrical current of the identification signal, an impedance modulation of the passive speaker; (iv) determining, by the playback device, the particular type of the passive speaker based on the impedance modulation of the passive speaker; and (v) applying, by the playback device, a calibration to the playback device based on the determined particular type of the passive speaker.
Nick D'Amato, Benjamin Rappoport, Dayn Wilberding, Timothy Sheen, Andrea Testa, Nash Reilly, Hilmar Lehnert
Filed: 27 Aug 18
Utility
Playback Device Calibration
4 Mar 20
Systems and methods for calibrating a playback device include (i) outputting first audio content; (ii) capturing audio data representing reflections of the first audio content within a room in which the playback device is located; (iii) based on the captured audio data, determining an acoustic response of the room; (iv) connecting to a database comprising a plurality of sets of stored audio calibration settings, each set associated with a respective stored acoustic room response of a plurality of stored acoustic room responses; (v) querying the database for a stored acoustic room response that corresponds to the determined acoustic response of the room in which the playback device is located; and (vi) applying to the playback device a particular set of stored audio calibration settings associated with the stored acoustic room response that corresponds to the determined acoustic response of the room in which the playback device is located.
Timothy Sheen
Filed: 1 May 19
Utility
Command device to control a synchrony group
2 Mar 20
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: 6 May 18
Utility
Audio playback settings for voice interaction
2 Mar 20
Example techniques relate to voice interaction in an environment with a media playback system that is playing back audio content.
Klaus Hartung, Romi Kadri
Filed: 4 Apr 18
Utility
Playback device calibration
2 Mar 20
Systems and methods for calibrating a playback device include (i) outputting first audio content; (ii) capturing audio data representing reflections of the first audio content within a room in which the playback device is located; (iii) based on the captured audio data, determining an acoustic response of the room; (iv) connecting to a database comprising a plurality of sets of stored audio calibration settings, each set associated with a respective stored acoustic room response of a plurality of stored acoustic room responses; (v) querying the database for a stored acoustic room response that corresponds to the determined acoustic response of the room in which the playback device is located; and (vi) applying to the playback device a particular set of stored audio calibration settings associated with the stored acoustic room response that corresponds to the determined acoustic response of the room in which the playback device is located.
Timothy Sheen
Filed: 1 May 19
Utility
Calibration of a Playback Device Based on an Estimated Frequency Response
26 Feb 20
An example playback device is configured to receive a first stream of audio comprising source audio content to be played back by the playback device and record, via one or more microphones of the playback device, an audio signal output by the playback device based on the playback device playing the source audio content.
Shao-Fu Shih, Patrick McPherson
Filed: 27 Oct 19