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Utility
Playback Queue with Software Components
12 Feb 20
Example techniques described herein relate to a software application that is configured to operate as an add-on software component to audio-playback software on a playback device of a media playback system.
Mark Triplett
Filed: 17 Oct 19
Utility
Media Playback System with Virtual Line-In
12 Feb 20
Example systems and techniques disclosed herein facilitate interoperability between different media playback systems referred to herein as a virtual line-in (VLI) media playback system and a native playback system.
Arthur L. Coburn, IV, Chris Kotowski
Filed: 17 Oct 19
Utility
Prioritizing Media Content Requests
12 Feb 20
Example techniques relate to prioritizing media content requests.
Keith Corbin
Filed: 17 Oct 19
Utility
Smart Music Services Preferences
12 Feb 20
In an example implementation, a computing device including at least one processor; a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to (i) begin transmission of playback preference tracking information to one or more media services registered with a media playback system; (ii) detect that a zone scene has been invoked such that at least two zone players are configured for synchronous playback of media; (iii) based on the detection that the zone scene has been invoked, suspend the transmission of the playback preference tracking information to the one or more media services; (iv) detect that the at least two zone players are no longer configured for synchronous playback of media; and (v) resume the transmission of the playback preference tracking information to the one or more media services.
Jonathan Lang
Filed: 20 Oct 19
Utility
Queue Identification
12 Feb 20
Example techniques relate to a playback device that facilitates queue identification.
Arthur L. Coburn, IV
Filed: 17 Oct 19
Utility
Transducer assembly
10 Feb 20
A diaphragm for a loudspeaker may include a conductive coupler, a voice coil having a voice coil lead, where the voice coil lead is positioned in conductive contact with the conductive coupler, and a terminal lead, where the terminal lead is positioned in conductive contact with the conductive coupler, and where the voice coil lead and the terminal lead are attached to the conductive coupler.
Richard Warren Little, Daniel Liu, Derrick Pierce, Ernie Latham-Brown
Filed: 8 Apr 18
Utility
Playback according to playback responsibility in group
10 Feb 20
An example implementation may involve a first playback device rendering audio content.
Steven Beckhardt, Jonathan Paul Lang, Jonathon Reilly
Filed: 4 Apr 18
Utility
Identification of Playback Device and Stereo Pair Names
5 Feb 20
An example method includes, based on an adjustment to a first displayed volume control, instructing the first playback device to adjust playback volume level; based on an adjustment to a second displayed volume control, instructing the second playback device to adjust playback volume level; after sending the commands, instructing the first and/or second playback device to process an audio stream into a first and/or second channel and to reproduce a respective one of the first and second channel, wherein the grouped first and second playback devices provide multi-channel sound; and based on an adjustment to a third displayed volume control, instructing the first and/or second playback device to adjust a group volume level for both the first and second playback devices.
Christoper Kallai, Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Robert A. Lambourne
Filed: 10 Mar 19
Utility
Multi-channel Acoustic Echo Cancellation
5 Feb 20
A playback device is configured to receive, via a network interface, a source stream of audio including first and second channel streams of audio, and to produce, via respective first and second speaker drivers, a first channel audio output and a second channel audio output.
Saeed Bagheri Sereshki, Romi Kadri
Filed: 9 Oct 19
Utility
Robust Short-Time Fourier Transform Acoustic Echo Cancellation During Audio Playback
5 Feb 20
Example techniques involve noise-robust acoustic echo cancellation.
Daniele Giacobello
Filed: 13 Oct 19
Utility
Cloud Queue Tombstone
5 Feb 20
Example techniques relate to cloud queue tombstones.
Arthur L. Coburn, IV
Filed: 13 Oct 19
Utility
Audio Content Playback Management
5 Feb 20
An example implementation involves a playback device receiving a request to add continuous automated streaming audio content to a playback queue, the request indicating a playback start time, and the playback queue indicating a plurality of audio content.
Paul Andrew Bates, Abhishek Kumar
Filed: 8 Sep 19
Utility
Context-Based User Music Menu Systems and Methods
5 Feb 20
Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to provide content to a playback network are disclosed.
Robert Reimann, Abhishek Kumar, Paul Bates
Filed: 9 Oct 19
Utility
Contextual indexing of media items
3 Feb 20
Embodiments described herein involve generating and modifying a sub-index of a media index.
Amber Brown, Diane Roberts
Filed: 7 Oct 18
Utility
Control based on proximity
3 Feb 20
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: 6 May 18
Utility
Immersive audio in a media playback system
3 Feb 20
Embodiments described herein involve an auxiliary zone contributing audio to a primary zone.
Jonathan Lang
Filed: 29 Aug 19
Utility
Receiving media content based on user media preferences
3 Feb 20
Embodiments are provided for receiving media content based on the preferences of additional users.
Yean-Nian W. Chen
Filed: 25 Sep 18
Utility
Music service selection
3 Feb 20
Methods and apparatus for identifying a music service based on a user command.
Simon Jarvis, Mark Plagge, Christopher Butts
Filed: 7 Oct 18
Utility
Playback device pairing
3 Feb 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: 10 Sep 18
Utility
Account aware media preferences
27 Jan 20
Embodiments described herein involve providing media item preferences according to a user account of a user providing the preference, rather than a user account providing the media item.
Abhishek Kumar, Ron Kuper
Filed: 17 Jun 18