Patents by Inventor Mark Polomski
Mark Polomski 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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Patent number: 9941846Abstract: Techniques for providing multiple power supplies in electronic devices are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, an appropriate power supply is provided only to accommodate a volume setting. In other words, there are at least two power supplies, one with a low voltage and the other with a high voltage. The high voltage power supply is only applied when there is a need to accommodate a volume setting. Thus the power consumption of the amplifiers is well controlled. As a result, the designs of the device and heat dissipation therein can be simplified and lowered in cost.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: SONOS, INC.Inventors: James F. Lazar, Mark Polomski
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Patent number: 9778896Abstract: An example method includes detecting a connection between a dock interface of a first zone player and a portable device, the dock interface providing communication between the portable device and a second zone player, wherein the second zone player is part of a first set of zones in a playback network that does not include the first zone player; responsive to the detection, transmitting data to cause the second zone player to modify parameter(s) of the second zone player according to a zone scene; responsive to the detection, determining that the portable device was playing a media item; and causing, via the dock interface, playback of the media item from the portable device by the first zone player and the second zone player while the second zone player is in the second set of zones.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Jonathon Reilly, Nicholas A. J. Millington, Mark Polomski
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Publication number: 20170077880Abstract: Techniques for providing multiple power supplies in electronic devices are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, an appropriate power supply is provided only to accommodate a volume setting. In other words, there are at least two power supplies, one with a low voltage and the other with a high voltage. The high voltage power supply is only applied when there is a need to accommodate a volume setting. Thus the power consumption of the amplifiers is well controlled. As a result, the designs of the device and heat dissipation therein can be simplified and lowered in cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: James F. Lazar, Mark Polomski
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Patent number: 9520850Abstract: Techniques for providing multiple power supplies in electronic devices are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, an appropriate power supply is provided only to accommodate a volume setting. In other words, there are at least two power supplies, one with a low voltage and the other with a high voltage. The high voltage power supply is only applied when there is a need to accommodate a volume setting. Thus the power consumption of the amplifiers is well controlled. As a result, the designs of the device and heat dissipation therein can be simplified and lowered in cost.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: James F. Lazar, Mark Polomski
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Publication number: 20150324165Abstract: An example method includes detecting a connection between a dock interface of a first zone player and a portable device, the dock interface providing communication between the portable device and a second zone player, wherein the second zone player is part of a first set of zones in a playback network that does not include the first zone player; responsive to the detection, transmitting data to cause the second zone player to modify parameter(s) of the second zone player according to a zone scene; responsive to the detection, determining that the portable device was playing a media item; and causing, via the dock interface, playback of the media item from the portable device by the first zone player and the second zone player while the second zone player is in the second set of zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Jonathon Reilly, Nicholas A.J. Millington, Mark Polomski
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Patent number: 9094706Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to control audio playback devices via a playback network including a dock interface are disclosed. An example dock includes a docking connection to enable a portable playback device to be connected to the dock and a network communication interface to enable the portable playback device to connect to a playback network via the dock, the network communication interface to provide content from the portable playback device to at least one network playback device for playback of the content via the playback network.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Jonathon Reily, Nicholas A. J. Millington, Mark Polomski
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Publication number: 20150003617Abstract: Techniques for providing multiple power supplies in electronic devices are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, an appropriate power supply is provided only to accommodate a volume setting. In other words, there are at least two power supplies, one with a low voltage and the other with a high voltage. The high voltage power supply is only applied when there is a need to accommodate a volume setting. Thus the power consumption of the amplifiers is well controlled. As a result, the designs of the device and heat dissipation therein can be simplified and lowered in cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: James F. Lazar, Mark Polomski
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Patent number: 8867761Abstract: Techniques for providing multiple power supplies in electronic devices are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, an appropriate power supply is provided only to accommodate a volume setting. In other words, there are at least two power supplies, one with a low voltage and the other with a high voltage. The high voltage power supply is only applied when there is a need to accommodate a volume setting. Thus the power consumption of the amplifiers is well controlled. As a result, the designs of the device and heat dissipation therein can be simplified and lowered in cost.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: James F. Lazar, Mark Polomski
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Publication number: 20120299649Abstract: Techniques for providing multiple power supplies in electronic devices are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, an appropriate power supply is provided only to accommodate a volume setting. In other words, there are at least two power supplies, one with a low voltage and the other with a high voltage. The high voltage power supply is only applied when there is a need to accommodate a volume setting. Thus the power consumption of the amplifiers is well controlled. As a result, the designs of the device and heat dissipation therein can be simplified and lowered in cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: James F. Lazar, Mark Polomski
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Patent number: 8258872Abstract: Techniques for providing multiple power supplies in electronic devices are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, an appropriate power supply is provided only to accommodate a volume setting. In other words, there are at least two power supplies, one with a low voltage and the other with a high voltage. The high voltage power supply is only applied when there is a need to accommodate a volume setting. Thus the power consumption of the amplifiers is well controlled. As a result, the designs of the device and heat dissipation therein can be simplified and lowered in cost.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2007Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: James F. Lazar, Mark Polomski