760 patents
Utility
Temporary configuration of a media playback system
16 Jan 24
Example techniques may involve temporary configuration of a media playback system in a place of accommodation, such as a hotel.
Paul Andrew Bates
Filed: 17 Nov 21
Utility
Playback device calibration
16 Jan 24
Systems and methods for calibrating a playback device include (i) outputting first audio content; (ii) capturing audio data representing reflections of the first audio content within a room in which the playback device is located; (iii) based on the captured audio data, determining an acoustic response of the room; (iv) connecting to a database comprising a plurality of sets of stored audio calibration settings, each set associated with a respective stored acoustic room response of a plurality of stored acoustic room responses; (v) querying the database for a stored acoustic room response that corresponds to the determined acoustic response of the room in which the playback device is located; and (vi) applying to the playback device a particular set of stored audio calibration settings associated with the stored acoustic room response that corresponds to the determined acoustic response of the room in which the playback device is located.
Timothy Sheen
Filed: 27 May 22
Utility
Offline voice control
9 Jan 24
As noted above, example techniques relate to offline voice control.
Connor Smith
Filed: 13 Dec 21
Utility
Audio playback management of multiple concurrent connections
9 Jan 24
Examples described herein relate to management of concurrent audio streams from different sources.
Jodi Vautrin, Matt Pandina, Elizabeth Dolman, Ken Hu, Jason Yore, Matthew Moore, Ted Lin, Richard Bannon, Chris Babroski, Robert Bermani
Filed: 27 Sep 21
Utility
Networked microphone device control
2 Jan 24
Systems and methods disclosed herein include, while a microphone of a first networked microphone device is enabled, determining whether a first reference device is in a specific state, and in response to determining that the first reference device is in the specific state, disabling the microphone of the first networked microphone device.
Mieko Kusano, Dayn Wilberding, Jonathan Wenocur, Jonathan Lang
Filed: 1 Aug 22
Utility
Intelligent amplifier activation
2 Jan 24
Embodiments are provided for intelligently activating an amplifier in a playback device based on proximity detection.
Jonathon Reilly, Jonathan Lang
Filed: 27 May 22
Utility
VAS toggle based on device orientation
2 Jan 24
As noted above, example techniques relate to toggling a cloud-based VAS between enabled and disabled modes.
Fiede Schillmoeller, Connor Smith
Filed: 29 Nov 21
Utility
Media playback based on sensor data
19 Dec 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: 24 Mar 23
Utility
Music discovery dial
28 Nov 23
Example techniques may involve tuning a music discovery dial.
Christopher Alexis Kotelly, Dayn Wilberding, Ron Kuper, Heather Mendonca
Filed: 21 Feb 23
Utility
Multi-household support
28 Nov 23
Embodiments are provided for enabling a user to control multiple media playback systems with a single mobile device.
Paul Bates, Joni Rafalski Hoadley, Lee Keyser-Allen
Filed: 4 Nov 22
Utility
Networked devices, systems, and methods for intelligently deactivating wake-word engines
28 Nov 23
In one aspect, a playback deice is configured to identify in an audio stream, via a second wake-word engine, a false wake word for a first wake-word engine that is configured to receive as input sound data based on sound detected by a microphone.
Connor Kristopher Smith, Charles Conor Sleith, Kurt Thomas Soto
Filed: 9 Jan 23
Utility
Techniques for enabling interoperability between media playback systems
28 Nov 23
A device is configured to (i) receive media content from a media source, (ii) generate a first series of frames including first portions of the media content and first playback timing information, (iii) generate a second series of frames including second portions of the media content and second playback timing information, (iv) transmit the first series of frames to a first playback device in a synchrony group for playback of the first portions of the media content in accordance with the first playback timing information, and (v) transmit the second series of frames to a second playback device in the synchrony group for playback of the second portions of the media content in accordance with the second playback timing information such that the media content is played back in synchrony by the synchrony group.
Steven Beckhardt, Kyle Seaman
Filed: 22 Oct 21
Utility
Mirrored queues
28 Nov 23
Embodiments disclosed herein involve a first playback device, associated with a first household, where the first playback device is configured to mirror a playback queue that is associated with a second playback device, where the second playback device is associated with a second household.
Steven Beckhardt
Filed: 26 Aug 22
Utility
Media preference database
28 Nov 23
Media preferences for a user account (or for multiple user accounts) may be used to guide media playback.
Maarten van der Heide
Filed: 28 Dec 20
Utility
Music service selection
28 Nov 23
Methods and apparatus for identifying a music service based on a user command.
Simon Jarvis, Mark Plagge, Christopher Butts
Filed: 22 Nov 21
Utility
Cloud queue access control
28 Nov 23
An example implementation may involve a computing system receiving, from a media playback system, a request to initiate playback of a cloud queue.
Steven Beckhardt, Andrew J. Schulert, Gregory Ramsperger
Filed: 25 May 20
Utility
Information display regarding playback queue subscriptions
21 Nov 23
Example techniques relate to playback queue subscriptions.
Chris Bierbower, Philippe Vossel
Filed: 5 Oct 20
Utility
Associating playback devices with playback queues
21 Nov 23
An example first playback device includes programming to perform functions including receiving a first request to associate with a first playback queue that is stored remotely from, and persists unassociated with, any playback device of the media playback system.
Luis R. Vega-Zayas, Kristen Johansen, Paul Bates, Abhishek Kumar
Filed: 26 Oct 20
Utility
Media playback based on sensor data
21 Nov 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: 6 Dec 21
Utility
Managing application access of a media playback system
21 Nov 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