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Utility
Controlling Multi-Site Media Playback Systems
25 Dec 19
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 L. Goldstein, Greg Ramsperger, Michael Agerbak, Arthur L. Coburn, IV, Andy Mellors, Nikit Waghela, Steve Beckhardt
Filed: 24 Jun 18
Utility
Calibration of Playback Device(s)
25 Dec 19
Example techniques involve calibration of one or more playback devices.
Ananth Jasty, Aurelio Ramos, Timothy Sheen
Filed: 8 Sep 19
Utility
Indoor/Outdoor Playback Device Calibration
25 Dec 19
Techniques described herein may involve calibration of playback devices in indoor and outdoor environments.
William H. Bush
Filed: 8 Sep 19
Utility
Routing data over wireless communication links
23 Dec 19
Certain examples accommodate data routing optimizations.
Steven Beckhardt, Hrishikesh Gossain, Nicholas A. J. Millington, Jeffrey M. Peters
Filed: 12 Aug 18
Utility
Immersive Audio In a Media Playback System
18 Dec 19
Embodiments described herein involve an auxiliary zone contributing audio to a primary zone.
Jonathan Lang
Filed: 29 Aug 19
Utility
Content Rules Engines for Audio Playback Devices
18 Dec 19
Content rules engines for playback devices are disclosed herein.
Jeffrey Michael Torgerson, Sanford William Spivey, Ryan Taylor
Filed: 7 Aug 19
Utility
Updating Playback Device Configuration Information Based on Calibation Data
18 Dec 19
An example computing device is configured to perform functions including receiving calibration data corresponding respectively to a plurality of playback devices, where each playback device in the plurality of playback devices is located in a respective playback environment other than a first playback environment.
Simon Jarvis, Klaus Hartung, Chris Davies, Tim Sheen
Filed: 28 Aug 19
Utility
Calibration Using Multiple Recording Devices
18 Dec 19
Example techniques may involve calibration with multiple recording devices.
Klaus Hartung
Filed: 29 Aug 19
Utility
Playback Device Calibration Based on Representative Spectral Characteristics
18 Dec 19
An example computing device is configured to perform functions including receiving a plurality of spectral data associated with a respective plurality of playback environments corresponding to a respective plurality of playback devices.
Klaus Hartung, Simon Jarvis, Tim Sheen, Chris Davies
Filed: 28 Aug 19
Utility
Activity Reset
18 Dec 19
In an example implementation, a method may involve sending a message that arranges a media playback system into a pre-defined state, wherein a first playback device is in a first zone having a first zone name, a second playback device is in a second zone having a second zone name, and a queue has a particular set of media items.
Joni R. Hoadley, Diane Roberts, Robert A. Lambourne
Filed: 29 Aug 19
Utility
System Limits Based on Known Triggers
18 Dec 19
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: 2 Sep 19
Design
Wall mount for an audio device
16 Dec 19
Aki Laine, Edward Mitchell, Philippe Vossel
Filed: 30 May 18
Utility
Handling of loss of pairing between networked devices
16 Dec 19
Systems and methods disclosed herein include (i) receiving a voice command via a networked microphone device configured to receive voice commands for a media playback system, wherein the media playback system comprises a primary media playback device configured to perform a function and/or provide a first feedback in response to voice commands received via the networked microphone device, (ii) determining that the primary media playback device is not available to perform a function and/or provide the first feedback in response to the voice command, and (iii) in response to determining that the primary media playback device is not available to perform a function and/or provide the first feedback in response to the voice command, instructing a fallback device to perform a function and/or provide a second feedback in response to the voice command.
Mark Plagge, Simon Jarvis, Christopher Butts
Filed: 17 Apr 16
Utility
Service provider user accounts
16 Dec 19
Examples described herein involve managing two or more user accounts via which a media playback system can access a service provider, and displaying on a graphical display, graphical representations of at least one of the two or more user accounts via which a media playback system can access a service provider.
Abhishek Kumar, Ron Kuper, Jason Kendall, Emilio Arce
Filed: 1 Nov 16
Utility
Three-dimensional beam forming with a microphone array
16 Dec 19
Systems and methods for three-dimensional beamforming disclosed herein include, among other features (i) generating a set of received-sound beams by applying a plurality of sets of beamforming coefficients stored in a tangible memory of the network device to sound received via a microphone array of the network device, wherein each received-sound beam corresponds to a separate direction relative to the microphone array, (ii) identifying a subset of the received-sound beams comprising speech content, (iii) for each received-sound beam in the subset of the received-sound beams comprising speech content, determining whether the speech content comprises a wake word, (iv) selecting one final received-sound beam from the received-sound beams in the subset of the received-sound beams determined to comprise a wake word; and (v) causing the selected one final received-sound beam to be processed to identify a voice command.
Matthew Buoni, Romi Kadri, Tetsuro Oishi
Filed: 12 Aug 18
Utility
Playback device with multiple sensors
16 Dec 19
Examples described herein involve configuring a playback device based on distortion, such as that caused by a barrier.
Tetsuro Oishi, William H Bush
Filed: 19 May 19
Utility
Systems and Methods for Networked Music Playback
11 Dec 19
An example zone player is configured to play back a first media item identified in a remote playback queue provided by a computing system that is communicatively coupled to the zone player via at least a cloud-based network.
Arthur Coburn, IV, Joni Rafalski Hoadley
Filed: 22 Aug 19
Utility
Systems and Methods for Networked Music Playback
11 Dec 19
An example computing system is configured to receive a first indication that a zone player is available for media play back; transmit, to a client station installed with a media-playback application for a cloud-based media service, a second indication that the zone player is available for play back of media from the cloud-based media service; receive a third indication that the zone player has been selected to play back media from the cloud-based media service; provide a remote playback queue that is associated with the zone player and the client station, where the remote playback queue includes data identifying a set of one or more media items for play back; and based on receiving the third indication, transmit (i) an instruction for the zone player to accept playback responsibility for the remote playback queue and (ii) data for retrieving a first media item identified in the remote playback queue from the cloud-based media service.
Arthur Coburn, IV, Joni Rafalski Hoadley
Filed: 25 Aug 19
Utility
Metadata exchange involving a networked playback system and a networked microphone system
11 Dec 19
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for establishing a metadata exchange channel between a media playback system and a networked microphone system, wherein the networked microphone system comprises a networked microphone device and a networked microphone server.
Mark Plagge, Simon Jarvis, Christopher Butts
Filed: 28 Jul 19
Utility
Systems and methods for networked music playback
9 Dec 19
An example computing system is configured to receive a first indication that a zone player is available for media play back; transmit, to a client station installed with a media-playback application for a cloud-based media service, a second indication that the zone player is available for play back of media from the cloud-based media service; receive a third indication that the zone player has been selected to play back media from the cloud-based media service; provide a remote playback queue that is associated with the zone player and the client station, where the remote playback queue includes data identifying a set of one or more media items for play back; and based on receiving the third indication, transmit (i) an instruction for the zone player to accept playback responsibility for the remote playback queue and (ii) data for retrieving a first media item identified in the remote playback queue from the cloud-based media service.
Arthur Coburn, IV, Joni Rafalski Hoadley
Filed: 25 Aug 19