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Utility
Playback device
27 Jan 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: 19 Aug 19
Utility
Sharing access to a media service
27 Jan 20
Examples provided herein are directed to a computing device and media playback system sharing access to a media service corresponding to a media application installed on the computing device.
Ron Kuper, Sherwin Liu, Emilio Arce, Arthur L. Coburn, IV
Filed: 25 Sep 18
Utility
Fast-Resume Audio Playback
22 Jan 20
A first zone player engages in synchronous playback of given audio content by obtaining the given audio content, generating and placing representative audio frames into a buffer, and transmitting the audio frames to a second zone player to play the given audio content in synchrony with the second zone player.
Luis Vega-Zayas, Ted Lin, Jim Dolan
Filed: 29 Sep 19
Utility
Queue versioning
20 Jan 20
Embodiments described herein may involve queue versioning.
Arthur L. Coburn, IV
Filed: 31 Mar 19
Utility
Playback device connection
20 Jan 20
An example playback device includes programming to perform functions including detecting a triggering event that causes the playback device to transmit a first message indicating that the playback device is available for setup.
Nicholas A. J. Millington, Paul V. Hainsworth
Filed: 10 Mar 19
Utility
Volume interactions for connected playback devices
13 Jan 20
Methods and systems are provided for volume interactions for connected playback devices.
Frank Marino, Eduardo Ahumada Apodaca, Robert Andrew Lambourne
Filed: 5 May 19
Utility
Volume management in a media playback system
13 Jan 20
Embodiments are described herein that provide numerous volume enhancements to a media playback system.
Jerome Agustin, Jonathan P. Lang, Mark W. Triplett
Filed: 5 Aug 18
Utility
Methods and Apparatus for Direct Routing Between Nodes of Networks
8 Jan 20
A network interface of a first computing device is configured to operate according to a bridge table.
Jeffrey M. Peters, Steven Beckhardt, Hrishikesh Gossain, Nicholas A.J. Millington
Filed: 19 Sep 19
Utility
Networked Device Group Information in a System with Multiple Media Playback Protocols
8 Jan 20
A first networked device may perform operations including receiving, from a media source device, a first media stream and a first media stream identifier.
Arthur L. Coburn, IV, Jeffrey Torgerson
Filed: 21 Jul 19
Utility
Proximity-Based Media System Disconnect
8 Jan 20
An example implementation involves a media playback system that includes one or more playback devices that are controllable by the mobile device while the mobile device is joined to the media playback system.
Andrew Schulert
Filed: 18 Sep 19
Utility
Distributed Provisioning of Properties of Operational Settings of a Media Playback System
8 Jan 20
Devices, system, and methods are disclosed for provisioning devices over a cloud network in accordance with modifications to operational settings of a media playback system.
Keith Thoresz, Daniel Casimiro, Sachin Lad, Steven Beckhardt
Filed: 8 Jul 18
Utility
Multiple-Device Setup
1 Jan 20
An example implementation may involve a media playback system detecting two or more playback devices of a given type.
Sein Woo, Liesbeth van den Berg, Roy Pollock
Filed: 23 May 19
Utility
Playback Device
1 Jan 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: 19 Aug 19
Utility
Playback Device
1 Jan 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: 19 Aug 19
Utility
Modified Directional Effect
1 Jan 20
An example method is performed by a media playback system comprising a plurality of audio drivers configured to output audio content according to a first radiation pattern that produces an inherent directional effect.
Mike Chamness, Aurelio Rafael Ramos, Timothy Sheen, Hilmar Lehnert
Filed: 7 Jul 19
Utility
Systems and Methods for Associating Playback Devices with Voice Assistant Services
1 Jan 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
Validation of Audio Calibration Using Multi-Dimensional Motion Check
1 Jan 20
Examples described herein involve validating motion of a microphone during calibration of a playback device.
Jonathan Downing, Timothy Sheen, Daniel Valente
Filed: 12 Sep 19
Utility
Environmental Condition Detection
1 Jan 20
Examples described herein involve detecting known environmental conditions of using a neural network.
Klaus Hartung, Greg Bright
Filed: 12 Sep 19
Utility
Playback device demonstration
30 Dec 19
A playback device may be communicatively connected to a network device at a demonstration location.
Jonathon Reilly, Jason Heffernan, Andrej Sarkic, Zivthan Dubrovsky, Luis Vega-Zayas, Nicholas Salzman, Adrian Eiben
Filed: 17 Aug 16
Utility
Conditional content enhancement
30 Dec 19
An example playback device may identify a first version of audio content for play back from a first source, and further identify a first value of an audio characteristic of the first version of the audio content, where the playback device includes a capability corresponding to the audio characteristic.
Romi Kadri
Filed: 6 May 18