Patents by Inventor Jason Kendall
Jason Kendall has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240064209Abstract: Examples described herein involve switching between two user accounts of a streaming media service. In an example implementation, a playback device stores data representing credentials for multiple user accounts including a first user account of a first streaming audio service and a second user account of the first streaming audio service. The playback device receives instructions to play first audio content from the first streaming audio service and plays back the first audio content by streaming data representing the first audio content from one or more servers of the first streaming audio service using credentials of the first user account. The playback device detects a trigger associated with the first user account of the first streaming audio service and switches from streaming data representing the first audio content using credentials of the first user account to streaming data representing the first audio content using credentials of the second user account.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Abhishek Kumar, Ron Kuper, Jason Kendall, Emilio Arce
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Patent number: 11758005Abstract: Examples described herein involve switching between two user accounts of a streaming media service. In an example implementation, a playback device stores data representing credentials for multiple user accounts including a first user account of a first streaming audio service and a second user account of the first streaming audio service. The playback device receives instructions to play first audio content from the first streaming audio service and plays back the first audio content by streaming data representing the first audio content from one or more servers of the first streaming audio service using credentials of the first user account. The playback device detects a trigger associated with the first user account of the first streaming audio service and switches from streaming data representing the first audio content using credentials of the first user account to streaming data representing the first audio content using credentials of the second user account.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Abhishek Kumar, Ron Kuper, Jason Kendall, Emilio Arce
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Publication number: 20230179666Abstract: Examples described herein involve switching between two user accounts of a streaming media service. In an example implementation, a playback device stores data representing credentials for multiple user accounts including a first user account of a first streaming audio service and a second user account of the first streaming audio service. The playback device receives instructions to play first audio content from the first streaming audio service and plays back the first audio content by streaming data representing the first audio content from one or more servers of the first streaming audio service using credentials of the first user account. The playback device detects a trigger associated with the first user account of the first streaming audio service and switches from streaming data representing the first audio content using credentials of the first user account to streaming data representing the first audio content using credentials of the second user account.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Abhishek Kumar, Ron Kuper, Jason Kendall, Emilio Arce
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Patent number: 11533378Abstract: Examples described herein involve switching between two user accounts of a streaming media service. In an example implementation, a playback device stores data representing credentials for multiple user accounts including a first user account of a first streaming audio service and a second user account of the first streaming audio service. The playback device receives instructions to play first audio content from the first streaming audio service and plays back the first audio content by streaming data representing the first audio content from one or more servers of the first streaming audio service using credentials of the first user account. The playback device detects a trigger associated with the first user account of the first streaming audio service and switches from streaming data representing the first audio content using credentials of the first user account to streaming data representing the first audio content using credentials of the second user account.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Abhishek Kumar, Ron Kuper, Jason Kendall, Emilio Arce
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Publication number: 20220353556Abstract: Techniques described herein may involve modification of playback based on the proximity of a user to a playback device. An example technique involves a device determining that a listener is within a given proximity of a first playback device and based on determining that the listener is within the given proximity of the first playback device, causing the first playback device to begin playback of first media and causing a second playback device to modify playback of second media.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Luis Vega, Paul Bates, Jason Kendall
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Publication number: 20220232094Abstract: Examples described herein involve switching between two user accounts of a streaming media service. In an example implementation, a playback device stores data representing credentials for multiple user accounts including a first user account of a first streaming audio service and a second user account of the first streaming audio service. The playback device receives instructions to play first audio content from the first streaming audio service and plays back the first audio content by streaming data representing the first audio content from one or more servers of the first streaming audio service using credentials of the first user account. The playback device detects a trigger associated with the first user account of the first streaming audio service and switches from streaming data representing the first audio content using credentials of the first user account to streaming data representing the first audio content using credentials of the second user account.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2021Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Abhishek Kumar, Ron Kuper, Jason Kendall, Emilio Arce
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Patent number: 11175815Abstract: Techniques described herein may involve modification of playback based on the proximity of a user to a playback device. An example technique involves a device determining that a listener is within a given proximity of a first playback device and based on determining that the listener is within the given proximity of the first playback device, causing the first playback device to begin playback of first media and causing a second playback device to modify playback of second media.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Luis Vega, Paul Bates, Jason Kendall
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Patent number: 11165882Abstract: Examples described herein involve switching between two user accounts of a streaming media service. In an example implementation, a playback device stores data representing credentials for multiple user accounts including a first user account of a first streaming audio service and a second user account of the first streaming audio service. The playback device receives instructions to play first audio content from the first streaming audio service and plays back the first audio content by streaming data representing the first audio content from one or more servers of the first streaming audio service using credentials of the first user account. The playback device detects a trigger associated with the first user account of the first streaming audio service and switches from streaming data representing the first audio content using credentials of the first user account to streaming data representing the first audio content using credentials of the second user account.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Abhishek Kumar, Ron Kuper, Jason Kendall, Emilio Arce
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Publication number: 20200393958Abstract: Techniques described herein may involve modification of playback based on the proximity of a user to a playback device. An example technique involves a device determining that a listener is within a given proximity of a first playback device and based on determining that the listener is within the given proximity of the first playback device, causing the first playback device to begin playback of first media and causing a second playback device to modify playback of second media.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Luis Vega, Paul Bates, Jason Kendall
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Patent number: 10761710Abstract: Techniques described herein may involve modification of playback based on the proximity of a user to a playback device. An example technique involves a device determining that a listener is within a given proximity of a first playback device and based on determining that the listener is within the given proximity of the first playback device, causing the first playback device to begin playback of first media and causing a second playback device to modify playback of second media.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Luis Vega, Paul Bates, Jason Kendall
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Publication number: 20200120181Abstract: Examples described herein involve switching between two user accounts of a streaming media service. In an example implementation, a playback device stores data representing credentials for multiple user accounts including a first user account of a first streaming audio service and a second user account of the first streaming audio service. The playback device receives instructions to play first audio content from the first streaming audio service and plays back the first audio content by streaming data representing the first audio content from one or more servers of the first streaming audio service using credentials of the first user account. The playback device detects a trigger associated with the first user account of the first streaming audio service and switches from streaming data representing the first audio content using credentials of the first user account to streaming data representing the first audio content using credentials of the second user account.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Abhishek Kumar, Ron Kuper, Jason Kendall, Emilio Arce
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Patent number: 10511685Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Abhishek Kumar, Ron Kuper, Jason Kendall, Emilio Arce
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Publication number: 20190243534Abstract: Techniques described herein may involve modification of playback based on the proximity of a user to a playback device. An example technique involves a device determining that a listener is within a given proximity of a first playback device and based on determining that the listener is within the given proximity of the first playback device, causing the first playback device to begin playback of first media and causing a second playback device to modify playback of second media.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Luis Vega, Paul Bates, Jason Kendall
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Patent number: 10275138Abstract: An example implementation may involve receiving, via a radio interface, a radio transmission indicating a particular playback device of a media playback system. Based on the received radio transmission, the implementation may further involve determining that the device is within a given proximity to a zone of the media playback system that includes the particular playback device. Based on determining that the device is within the given proximity to the zone of the media playback system, the implementation may also involve causing the graphical interface to display an indication of (i) an identifier of the zone and (ii) a characteristic of the zone.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Luis Vega, Paul Bates, Jason Kendall
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Patent number: 10268357Abstract: Techniques described herein may involve modification of playback based on the proximity of a user to a playback device. An example technique involves a device determining that a listener is within a given proximity of a first playback device and based on determining that the listener is within the given proximity of the first playback device, causing the first playback device to begin playback of first media and causing a second playback device to modify playback of second media.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Luis Vega, Paul Bates, Jason Kendall
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Publication number: 20170054826Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Abhishek Kumar, Ron Kuper, Jason Kendall, Emilio Arce
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Patent number: 9521212Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Abhishek Kumar, Ron Kuper, Jason Kendall, Emilio Arce
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Publication number: 20160246568Abstract: Techniques described herein may involve modification of playback based on the proximity of a user to a playback device. An example technique involves a device determining that a listener is within a given proximity of a first playback device and based on determining that the listener is within the given proximity of the first playback device, causing the first playback device to begin playback of first media and causing a second playback device to modify playback of second media.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Luis Vega, Paul Bates, Jason Kendall
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Publication number: 20160094678Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Abhishek Kumar, Ron Kuper, Jason Kendall, Emilio Arce
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Publication number: 20160062606Abstract: An example implementation may involve receiving, via a radio interface, a radio transmission indicating a particular playback device of a media playback system. Based on the received radio transmission, the implementation may further involve determining that the device is within a given proximity to a zone of the media playback system that includes the particular playback device. Based on determining that the device is within the given proximity to the zone of the media playback system, the implementation may also involve causing the graphical interface to display an indication of (i) an identifier of the zone and (ii) a characteristic of the zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2014Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Luis Vega, Paul Bates, Jason Kendall