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Concurrency Rules for Network Microphone Devices Having Multiple Voice Assistant Services
14 Sep 23
Systems and methods for managing concurrent voice assistants are disclosed.
Joseph Dureau, Luis R. Vega Zayas
Filed: 25 Sep 21
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Playback Device Supporting Concurrent Voice Assistants
14 Sep 23
Disclosed herein are example techniques to support multiple voice assistant services.
Dayn Wilberding
Filed: 14 Dec 22
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Local Voice Data Processing
14 Sep 23
Example techniques relate to local voice control in a media playback system.
Sebastien Maury, Joseph Dureau, Thibaut Lorrain, Do Kyun Kim
Filed: 13 Jan 23
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Playback Device Base
14 Sep 23
Example techniques may involve a playback device modifying its playback configuration when the playback device is placed onto a device base.
Benjamin Rappoport
Filed: 12 Dec 22
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Earphone Positioning and Retention
7 Sep 23
Earphone positioning and retention mechanisms are disclosed.
Brandon Holley, Wei-Hean Liew, Jerad Lewis, David Amaranto, Alexia Delhoume, Casper Asmussen, Victor Johansson
Filed: 10 May 23
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Music Discovery Dial
7 Sep 23
Example techniques may involve tuning a music discovery dial.
Christopher Alexis Kotelly, Dayn Wilberding, Ron Kuper, Heather Mendonca
Filed: 21 Feb 23
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Managing Application Access of a Media Playback System
7 Sep 23
Examples described herein may include a playback device receiving, from a control device, a validation-key that includes an application identifier corresponding to a controller application.
Andrew Schulert
Filed: 20 Oct 22
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Playback Device Pairing
7 Sep 23
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: 23 Dec 22
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Techniques for Reducing Latency in a Wireless Home Theater Environment
31 Aug 23
A first playback device can include a wireless network interface, an audio input interface, one or more processors, and data storage.
Niels van Erven, Yong Ma
Filed: 4 May 23
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Audio Content Search in a Media Playback System
31 Aug 23
Embodiments are described herein that provide searches, including a multi-dimensional search, a cross-source search, or both in a media playback system.
Paul Andrew Bates
Filed: 3 May 23
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Network Microphone Device With Command Keyword Conditioning
31 Aug 23
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: 4 Nov 22
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Wireless Power Transfer for Audio Playback Devices
17 Aug 23
Disclosed herein are devices (e.g., audio playback devices) configured to transmit and/or receive wireless power.
Nicholas D'Amato, Chadwick Souza, Jonathan Cole Harris
Filed: 27 Feb 23
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Wireless Power Transfer for Audio Playback Devices
17 Aug 23
Disclosed herein are devices (e.g., audio playback devices) configured to transmit and/or receive wireless power.
Nicholas D'Amato, Chadwick Souza, Jonathan Cole Harris
Filed: 27 Feb 23
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Media Content Based on Playback Zone Awareness
17 Aug 23
Systems and methods are provided for providing media content based on playback zone awareness.
Kristen Bender, Ron Kuper
Filed: 13 Jan 23
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Controlling Multi-Site Media Playback Systems
17 Aug 23
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 David Goldstein, Greg Ramsperger, Michael Agerbak, Arthur L. Coburn, IV, Andy Mellors, Nikit Waghela, Steven Beckhardt
Filed: 28 Apr 23
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Media Playback Based on Sensor Data
17 Aug 23
Example techniques relate to playback based on acoustic signals in a system including a first network device and a second network device.
Jonathon Reilly, Niels Van Erven
Filed: 27 Apr 23
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Gatekeeping for Voice Intent Processing
10 Aug 23
In one aspect, an audio playback device having at least one microphone captures a voice input.
Valentin Fage, Daniel Fernandez-Castro, Bjay Watanabe Kamwa, Dokyun Kim, Sebastien Maury, Rosa Stern, Joseph Dureau
Filed: 9 Feb 22
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Music Discovery
3 Aug 23
Examples described herein relate to music discovery.
Paul Bates
Filed: 7 Apr 23
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Network Identification of Portable Electronic Devices While Changing Power States
27 Jul 23
Systems and methods for maintaining knowledge of a network address (e.g., a MAC address) for a playback device while changing power states are disclosed.
Hrishikesh Gossain
Filed: 27 Mar 23
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Suggested Application Download
27 Jul 23
Example techniques involve suggesting an application of a streaming audio service via an application of a media playback system.
Christopher D. Butts
Filed: 22 Nov 22