802 patents
Utility
Radio Coexistence Techniques for Playback Devices
18 Jan 24
A playback device is provided.
Hrishikesh Gossain, Zhaoyun Huang, Minho Cheong
Filed: 19 Jul 23
Utility
Priority Media Content
18 Jan 24
A cloud-based computing system is configured to (i) maintain a scheduled playlist of media items, a current playback position within the scheduled playlist, and a priority media item for playback, (ii) receive, from a first playback device associated with an account, a first request to play back the scheduled playlist, (iii) transmit the priority media item to the first playback device for playback before any media item from the scheduled playlist, (iv) receive, from a second playback device associated with the account, a second request to play back the scheduled playlist, (v) determine that the priority media item should not be transmitted to the second playback device, and (vi) after determining that the priority media item should not be transmitted to the second playback device, transmit one or more media items from the scheduled playlist to the second playback device based on the current playback position within the scheduled playlist.
Ryan Taylor, Joseph Dawson
Filed: 17 Jul 23
Utility
Playback Zone Management
11 Jan 24
Some embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods include displaying a graphical user interface comprising a first section and a second section, wherein the first section includes a first media icon corresponding to a first media item, and wherein the second section includes a first zone icon corresponding to a first zone comprising a first set of one or more playback devices; and in response to detecting a drag of the first media icon to the first zone icon, instructing at least one playback device in the first set of one or more playback devices to play the first media item corresponding to the first media icon.
Robert Reimann, Joni Hoadley
Filed: 29 Jun 23
Utility
Contextual Indexing of Media Items
11 Jan 24
Example techniques related to a sub-index of a media index.
Amber Brown, Diane Roberts
Filed: 25 Sep 23
Utility
Playback Session Transitions Across Different Platforms
11 Jan 24
As noted above, example techniques relate to playback transitions between platforms.
Dinesh Kannan
Filed: 10 Jul 23
Utility
Portable Playback Device Power Management
11 Jan 24
Example techniques related to portable playback device power management.
Joshua Nicholas, Brenda Stefani, Liang Chai, Xiang Wang, Allan Velzy, Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III, Hrishikesh Gossain
Filed: 25 Sep 23
Utility
Validation of Audio Calibration Using Multi-Dimensional Motion Check
11 Jan 24
Examples described herein involve validating motion of a microphone during calibration of a playback device.
Jonathan Downing, Timothy Sheen, Daniel Valente
Filed: 12 Jul 23
Utility
Playback Transitions
11 Jan 24
Examples described herein relate to transitioning a playback session between portable playback devices such as “smart” headphones, earbuds, and handheld speakers with playback devices of a zone-based media playback system.
Dayn Wilberding, Youjin Nam, Tadeo T. Toulis, Jonathan Cole Harris, Patrick Devine, Nicholas A.J. Millington, Jodi Vautrin, Maria-Jose Ramos, Richard Bannon, Michael Sheldon, Ted Lin, Ron Kuper, Kirsten Lewis, Jake Harwood, Jonathan Herbst
Filed: 12 Jul 23
Utility
Sound Bar to Provide Information Associated with a Media Item
11 Jan 24
Example techniques relate to a soundbar that provides information associated with a media item.
Ron Kuper
Filed: 10 Jul 23
Utility
Locally Distributed Keyword Detection
4 Jan 24
In one aspect, a playback device includes a command-keyword engine having a local natural language unit (NLU).
Nick D'Amato, Connor Kristopher Smith
Filed: 24 Aug 23
Utility
Cable Assemblies for Headphone Devices
4 Jan 24
Headphone playback devices can include a cable assembly including a plurality of conductors extending between a first earpiece and a second earpiece.
Ronald W. Roberts, Mark Gerlovin, Mark Viscusi
Filed: 12 Jul 23
Utility
Spatial Audio Correction
4 Jan 24
Example techniques may involve performing aspects of a spatial calibration.
Timothy Sheen
Filed: 21 Jun 23
Utility
Noise Classification for Event Detection
4 Jan 24
In one aspect, a network microphone device includes a plurality of microphones and is configured to detect sound via the one or more microphones.
Nick D'Amato, Kurt Thomas Soto, Connor Kristopher Smith
Filed: 8 Jun 23
Utility
Calibration of a Playback Device Based on an Estimated Frequency Response
4 Jan 24
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: 28 Jun 23
Utility
Systems and Methods of Audio Decoder Determination and Selection
4 Jan 24
Playback devices can support audio encoded using various encoding schemes.
Nicholas Maniskas, Cameron Korb, Govind Jeyaram
Filed: 26 May 23
Utility
Immersive Audio In a Media Playback System
4 Jan 24
Embodiments described herein involve an auxiliary zone contributing audio to a primary zone.
Jonathan Lang
Filed: 18 Sep 23
Utility
Location-Based Playlist Generation
28 Dec 23
Example techniques disclosed herein relate to location-based playlists.
Mark Trammell
Filed: 21 Jun 23
Utility
Portable Device Microphone Status Indicator
28 Dec 23
A method performed by a portable playback device comprises receiving, via the portable playback device, a power activation indication.
Jodi Vautrin
Filed: 14 Jun 23
Utility
Wireless Transmission to Satellites for Multichannel Audio System
28 Dec 23
Some disclosed systems and methods include assigning channel streams to satellite playback devices, delaying initial transmission of surround sound content to satellite playback devices to accumulate audio samples for transmission in individual frames of surround sound content, and taking advantage of configured playback delays for different channels of surround sound content to prioritize transmission of channels of surround sound content having shorter configured playback delays over transmission of channels of surround sound content having longer configured playback delays.
Steven Beckhardt
Filed: 11 Sep 23
Utility
Content Playback Reminders
28 Dec 23
An example computing device is configured to determine (i) a future start time of an upcoming live media event and (ii) a uniform resource indicator (URI) at which a live media stream of the live media event will be accessible at the future start time.
Dayna Bateman
Filed: 27 Jun 23