Patents by Inventor Steven Bechardt

Steven Bechardt 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).

  • Patent number: 11758214
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are playback devices, groups of playback devices, and methods of operating playback devices and groupings thereof, wherein individual playback devices are configured to detect and correct clock rate drift by synchronizing a clock rate and perhaps clock time of a local clock to a remote time source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Sheen, Steven Bechardt, Jeffrey Peters
  • Publication number: 20210329330
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are playback devices, groups of playback devices, and methods of operating playback devices and groupings thereof, wherein individual playback devices are configured to detect and correct clock rate drift by synchronizing a clock rate and perhaps clock time of a local clock to a remote time source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy Sheen, Steven Bechardt, Jeffrey Peters