Patents Assigned to Sonos
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Patent number: 11871750Abstract: Described herein are co-doped magnesium oxide nanocomposites with antimicrobial properties for industrial and biomedical applications. Methods of inhibiting microbial and/or eliminating microbial growth with the disclosed compounds on biological and inanimate surfaces are also described.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: NSC—NANO SONO COOPERATION LTDInventors: Ariel Antonio Franco, Rajashekharayya A. Sanguramath, Asaf Hassin
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Patent number: 11877139Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventor: Timothy Sheen
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Patent number: 11877015Abstract: Example techniques may involve temporary configuration of a media playback system in a place of accommodation, such as a hotel. In particular, the media playback system in a guest's room is configured with one or more settings of the guest's home media playback system. Example settings include user accounts of a various services, such as streaming audio services and/or voice assistant services. Other example settings include artists, albums, audio tracks, audio books, stations, and other audio content that the guest previously designated as a favorite using their home media playback system. When the guest leaves (e.g., checks-out of) of the place of accommodation, these settings are removed from the media playback system in the guest's room.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventor: Paul Andrew Bates
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Patent number: 11870475Abstract: Examples described herein relate to management of concurrent audio streams from different sources. Portable playback devices, such as wearable wireless headphones and earbuds, as well as portable battery-powered speakers, may include multiple network interfaces for connection to different types of networks, such as an 802.11-compatible network interface for connection to wireless local area networks (e.g., Wi-Fi® networks) and an 802.15-compatible network interface for connection to a mobile device via a personal area network (Bluetooth®). Via such connections, the playback devices may receive two or more concurrent streams. By managing these streams according to playback policies, the portable playback devices may play the user's intended audio without necessarily requiring user input to explicitly select among the concurrent streams.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Jodi Vautrin, Matt Pandina, Elizabeth Dolman, Ken Hu, Jason Yore, Matthew Moore, Ted Lin, Richard Bannon, Chris Babroski, Robert Bermani
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Patent number: 11870501Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for communicating data acoustically. The method includes segmenting the data into a sequence of symbols; encoding each symbol of the sequence into a plurality of tones; and acoustically generating the plurality of tones simultaneously for each symbol in sequence. Each of the plurality of tones for each symbol in the sequence may be at a different frequency.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Sonos Experience LimitedInventors: Daniel John Jones, James Andrew Nesfield
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Patent number: 11869503Abstract: As noted above, example techniques relate to offline voice control. A local voice input engine may process voice inputs locally when processing voice inputs via a cloud-based voice assistant service is not possible. Some techniques involve local (on-device) voice-assisted set-up of a cloud-based voice assistant service. Further example techniques involve local voice-assisted troubleshooting the cloud-based voice assistant service. Other techniques relate to interactions between local and cloud-based processing of voice inputs on a device that supports both local and cloud-based processing.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventor: Connor Smith
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Patent number: 11863944Abstract: Embodiments are provided for intelligently activating an amplifier in a playback device based on proximity detection. The playback device may be in a quasi-idle state when the playback device is not rendering media content. The quasi-idle state of the playback device may involve an amplifier in the playback device being inactive, while some other components or modules of the playback devices remain active. The playback device may include a proximity sensor configured to detect movement relative to the playback device. If movement is detected indicating that a user input to cause the playback device to render media content is anticipated, the amplifier may be pre-emptively activated such that the playback device enters an active state from the quasi-idle state. In some cases, the playback device may send a message to one or more other playback devices to cause the other playback devices to enter an active state.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Jonathon Reilly, Jonathan Lang
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Patent number: 11862161Abstract: As noted above, example techniques relate to toggling a cloud-based VAS between enabled and disabled modes. An example implementation involves a NMD detecting that the housing is in a first orientation and enabling a first mode. Enabling the first mode includes disabling voice input processing via a cloud-based VAS and enabling local voice input processing. In the first mode, the NMD captures sound data associated with a first voice input and detects, via a local natural language unit, that the first voice input comprises sound data matching one or more keywords. The NMD determines an intent of the first voice input and performs a first command according to the determined intent. The NMD may detect that the housing is in a second orientation and enables the second mode. Enabling the second mode includes enabling voice input processing via the cloud-based VAS.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Fiede Schillmoeller, Connor Smith
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Patent number: 11863593Abstract: 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. Some embodiments further include, while the microphone of the first networked microphone device is enabled, receiving a command to disable the microphone of the first networked microphone device via one of the microphone of the networked microphone device or a network interface of the networked microphone device, and in response to receiving the command to disable the microphone of the networked microphone device via one of the microphone of the networked microphone device or the network interface of the networked microphone device, disabling the microphone of the networked microphone device.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Mieko Kusano, Dayn Wilberding, Jonathan Wenocur, Jonathan Lang
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Patent number: 11853184Abstract: Certain embodiments provide methods and systems for managing a sound profile. An example playback device includes a network interface and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions executable by the processor. When executed by the processor, the instructions are to configure the playback device to receive, via the network interface over a local area network (LAN) from a controller device, an instruction. The example playback device is to obtain, based on the instruction, via the network interface from a location outside of the LAN, data comprising a sound profile. The example playback device is to update one or more parameters at the playback device based on the sound profile. The example playback device is to play back an audio signal according to the sound profile.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Kallai, Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson
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Patent number: 11854569Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for receiving data transmitted acoustically. The method includes receiving an acoustically transmitted signal encoding data; processing the received signal to minimise environmental interference within the received signal; and decoding the processed signal to extract the data. The data encoded within the signal using a sequence of tones. A method for encoding data for acoustic transmission is also disclosed. This method includes encoding data into an audio signal using a sequence of tones. The audio signal in this method is configured to minimise environmental interference. A system and software are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Sonos Experience LimitedInventors: Daniel John Jones, James Andrew Nesfield
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Patent number: 11854547Abstract: In one aspect, a playback device includes a voice assistant service (VAS) wake-word engine and a command keyword engine. The playback device detects, via the command keyword engine, a first command keyword of in voice input of sound detected by one or more microphones of the playback device. The playback device determines an intent based on at least one keyword in the voice input via a local natural language unit (NLU). After detecting the first command keyword event and determining the intent, the playback device performs a first playback command corresponding to the first command keyword and according to the determined intent. When the playback device detects, via the wake-word engine, a wake-word in voice input, the playback device streams sound data corresponding to at least a portion of the voice input to one or more remote servers associated with the VAS.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Connor Smith, John Tolomei, Kurt Soto
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Patent number: 11849299Abstract: Example techniques relate to playback based on acoustic signals in a system including a first network device and a second network device. A first network device may detect a presence of a user using a camera and/or infrared sensors. The first network device sends, in response to detecting the presence of the user, a particular signal via the first network interface. The second network device receives data corresponding to the particular signal and plays back an audio output corresponding to the particular signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2023Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Jonathon Reilly, Niels Van Erven
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Patent number: 11832068Abstract: Methods and apparatus for identifying a music service based on a user command. A content type is identified from a received user command and a music service is selected that supports the content type. A selected music service can then transmit audio content associated with the content type for playback.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Simon Jarvis, Mark Plagge, Christopher Butts
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Patent number: 11829590Abstract: Embodiments are provided for enabling a user to control multiple media playback systems with a single mobile device. The mobile device may connect with a first or second media playback system based on receiving a first or second household identifier (HHID), respectively. If the mobile device receives both the first and second HHIDs, the mobile device may connect with either the first or second media playback system based on a priority of the two systems. If neither the first nor second HHIDs are received by the mobile device, a user may be prompted to add a third media playback system if the mobile device receives a third HHID. The user interface of the mobile device may receive an input to connect the mobile device to the third media playback system, and a connection may be established between the mobile device and the third media playback system.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Paul Bates, Joni Rafalski Hoadley, Lee Keyser-Allen
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Patent number: 11831627Abstract: An example implementation may involve a computing system receiving, from a media playback system, a request to initiate playback of a cloud queue. The cloud queue may currently have a first access status that authorizes a first set of queue operations, which may include playback of the cloud queue. After receiving the request to initiate playback, the computing system may cause audio tracks of the cloud queue to be queued in a local queue of the media playback system such that the media playback system may playback audio tracks of the cloud queue via the local queue. The computing system may modify the access status of the cloud queue to a second access status. This second access status may authorize a second set of queue operations on the cloud queue. The computing system may cause access to the local queue to be restricted to the second set of queue operations.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Steven Beckhardt, Andrew J. Schulert, Gregory Ramsperger
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Patent number: D1006487Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Dylan Entelis, Matthew Malone, Zachary Scott
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Patent number: D1007290Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Vincent Shyu, Edward Mitchell, Aki Laine, Nicolas Morgan Jones
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Patent number: D1007856Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Aki Laine, Karson Shadley, Jonathan S. Cotter
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Patent number: D1008306Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2023Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Brandon Lynne, Ryan Kitson