Abstract: Techniques associated with a smart media ecosystem using local data and remote social graph data are described, including identifying an account associated with a user based on a detection of a presence of a compatible device, the compatible device being associated with the account in a profile, receiving an input indicating a request for media content, retrieving remote social graph data from a remote database, cross-referencing the remote social graph with profile data being stored locally, the profile data associated with media preferences, updating the profile data with a learned media preference generated by a learning module, selecting targeted media content based on the profile data, and sending a control signal to a media device, the control signal configured to cause the media device to output the targeted media content.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate generally to wireless electronics, wireless portable electronics, wireless media presentation devices, audio/video systems, and more specifically to passive or active RF proximity detection of wireless client devices in an environment that may or may not include wireless access points. A wireless client device may be forced, triggered, or configured to broadcast a wireless scan (e.g., an active WiFi scan) that includes data (e.g., packets) that may be discovered by a wireless media device (e.g., received by RF circuitry in the media device) and information from the wireless scan may be used by the wireless media device to detect presence of the wireless client device and/or its user, to establish a wireless data communications link with the wireless client device, to determine proximity of the wireless client device to the wireless media device, and for near field communication (NFC) with the wireless client device.

Abstract: Techniques associated with a wearable device structure with enhanced motion detection by a motion sensor are described, including a band configured to be worn, a nodule coupled to the band, the nodule including a structure configured to enhance detection of movement of an adjacent skin surface, the structure having an articulator configured to rotate in a plurality of planes, and a sensor coupled to the structure and configured to detect rotational motion.

Abstract: The various embodiments relate generally to systems, devices, apparatuses, and methods for providing audio streams to multiple listeners, and more specifically, to a system, a device, and a method for providing independent listener-specific audio streams to multiple listeners using a common audio source, such as a set of loudspeakers, and, optionally, a shared audio stream. In some embodiments, a method includes identifying a first audio stream for reception at a first region to be canceled at a second region, and generating a cancellation signal that is projected in another audio stream destined for the second region. The cancellation signal and the first audio steam are combined at the second region. Further, a compensation signal to reduce the cancellation signal at the first region can be generated.

Abstract: Techniques for providing an eye-controlled user interface for an electronic device are described. In some examples, a process includes establishing a control link between a device and a visual control circuit, the visual control circuit having an image sensor and a visual feature disposed substantially proximate to the image sensor at a control point, receiving an image by the image sensor, evaluating the image to determine whether an eye is oriented substantially toward the control point, determining whether a control action is intended, and, if the control action is intended, deriving the control action, and using the control link to perform the control action.

Abstract: Techniques for generating summaries and action items associated with speech are described. Disclosed are techniques for presenting a first audio signal including a portion of a first audio stream at a loudspeaker, identifying data representing an audiolink associated with the first audio stream, and determining data representing a cue and data representing a second audio stream associated with the audiolink. A second audio signal including the cue may be presented, and a third audio signal including a portion of the second audio stream may be presented at the loudspeaker.

Abstract: Techniques associated with intelligent device connection for wireless media in an ad hoc acoustic network are described, including receiving a radio signal at an intelligent device connection unit implemented in a media device, determining a source of the radio signal to be outside of an acoustic network being associated with the media device, generating a location data associated with a location of the source, receiving an acoustic signal from the source, evaluating the acoustic signal and metadata associated with the acoustic signal to determine additional location data, updating the location data, generating acoustic network data using the location data, the acoustic network data associating the source with the acoustic network, and sending setup data to the source.

Abstract: Techniques associated with intelligent device connection for wireless media in an ad hoc acoustic network are described, including receiving a radio signal from an outside media device, determining whether the radio signal includes identifying information, evaluating the radio signal to calculate location data associated with a location of the outside media device, determining whether the location of the outside media device is within a threshold proximity of a primary media device, sending request to the outside media device, the request comprising an instruction to the outside media device to provide an acoustic output, receiving response data from the outside media device, capturing an acoustic signal using an acoustic sensor, determining the acoustic signal to be associated with the acoustic output from the outside media device, and generating acoustic network data using the acoustic signal, the acoustic network data identifying the outside media device as being part of the acoustic network.

Abstract: Techniques for generating summaries and action items associated with speech are described. Disclosed are techniques for receiving data representing an audio signal including speech, determining one or more words associated with the speech, determining one or more vocal fingerprints associated with the speech, and identifying a keyword associated with the speech using the one or more words and the one or more vocal fingerprints. Presentation of the keyword may be made at a loudspeaker, a display, another user interface, and the like. A summary, including meta-data and a content summary, may be generated from one or more keywords, and the summary may be presented to a user.

Abstract: Techniques for positioning devices using motion data are described. Disclosed are techniques for receiving a portion of motion data from one or more sensors coupled to a first device, generating data representing a first displacement of a first device relative to a reference point based on the portion of motion data, and determining a position of the first device relative to a position of a second device based on the first displacement. Various operations may be performed based on the position of the first device. In some examples, an audio signal to be generated at a speaker coupled to the first device may be determined as a function of the position of the first device, and generation of the audio signal at the speaker coupled to the first device may be caused.

Abstract: Techniques for pairing devices using acoustic signals are described. Disclosed are techniques for receiving an acoustic signal at a microphone coupled to a first device, the acoustic signal being encoded with data representing a first parameter associated with a second device, receiving an electromagnetic signal at an antenna coupled to the first device, the electromagnetic signal being encoded with data representing a second parameter associated with the second device, and determining a match between the first parameter and the second parameter. A pairing may then be generated between the first device and the second device. A pairing may include generating data representing a key, the key being configured to authenticate a pairing of the first device and the second device. A pairing may create a secure connection between the first device and the second device.

Abstract: A wireless conference call telephone system uses body-worn wired or wireless audio endpoints comprising microphones and, optionally, speakers. These audio-endpoints, which include headsets, pendants, and clip-on microphones to name a few, are used to capture the user's voice and the resulting data may be used to remove echo and environmental acoustic noise. Each audio-endpoint transmits its audio to the telephony gateway, where noise and echo suppression can take place if not already performed on the audio-endpoint, and where each audio-endpoint's output can be labeled, integrated with the output of other audio-endpoints, and transmitted over one or more telephony channels of a telephone network. The noise and echo suppression can also be done on the audio-endpoint. The labeling of each user's output can be used by the outside caller's phone to spatially locate each user in space, increasing intelligibility.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, and audio and speaker systems. More specifically, disclosed are an apparatus and a method for processing signals for optimizing audio, such as 3D audio, by adjusting the filtering for cross-talk cancellation based on listener position and/or orientation. In one embodiment, an apparatus is configured to include a plurality of transducers, a memory, and a processor configured to execute instructions to determine a physical characteristic of a listener relative to the origination of the multiple channels of audio, to cancel crosstalk in a spatial region coincident with the listener at a first location, to detect a change in the physical characteristic of the listener, and to adjust the cancellation of crosstalk responsive to detecting the change in the physical characteristic to establish another spatial region at a second location.

Abstract: A re-configurable RF architecture includes both a 2×2 MIMO mode and a 1×2 MIMO mode. The 2×2 MIMO mode includes a first RF chain coupled with a first dual band antenna and configured to both transmit (Tx) and receive (Rx) using two different RF protocols. The 2×2 MIMO mode also includes a second RF chain coupled with a second dual band antenna and configured to both Tx and Rx using a single RF protocol. The first RF chain may be coupled with a third antenna configured for near field proximity sensing. The RF architecture is reversibly switchable from the 2×2 MIMO mode to the 1×2 MIMO mode when near field proximity detection is required. In the 1×2 MIMO mode the Tx/Rx capabilities of the second chain using the second dual band antenna are retained and the first chain is configured for Rx only capability using the third antenna.

Abstract: An audio system that may be used in multiple modes or use scenarios, while still providing a user with a desirable level of audio quality and comfort. The inventive system may include multiple components or elements, with the components or elements capable of being used in different configurations depending upon the mode of use. The different configurations provide an optimized user audio experience for multiple modes of use without requiring a user to carry multiple devices or sacrifice the audio quality or features desired for a particular situation. The inventive audio system includes a use mode detection element that enables the system to detect the mode of use, and in response, to be automatically configured for optimal performance for a specific use scenario. This may include, for example, the use of one or more audio processing elements that perform signal processing on the audio signals to implement a variety of desired functions (e.g., noise reduction, echo cancellation, etc.).

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate generally to wireless electronics, wireless portable electronics, wireless media presentation devices, audio/video systems, and more specifically to passive or active RF proximity detection of wireless client devices in an environment that may or may not include wireless access points. A wireless client device may be forced, triggered, or configured to broadcast a wireless scan (e.g., an active WiFi scan) that includes data (e.g., packets) that may be discovered by a wireless media device (e.g., received by RF circuitry in the media device) and information from the wireless scan may be used by the wireless media device to detect presence of the wireless client device and/or its user, to establish a wireless data communications link with the wireless client device, to determine proximity of the wireless client device to the wireless media device, and for near field communication (NFC) with the wireless client device.

Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, and media devices or wearable/mobile computing devices configured to facilitate production and/or reproduction of spatial audio and/or sound fields with one or more audio spaces. More specifically, disclosed are systems, devices and methods to transform multiple sound fields that include audio to form a transformed reproduced sound field, for example, for a recipient of audio in a region. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving audio streams originating from audio sources positioned in sound fields relative to corresponding reference points. Further, the method includes transforming a spatial dimension of the sound fields to form a transformed reproduced sound field. In some examples, the method also includes causing transducers to project sound beams at a point in a region at which spatial audio is produced to present the transformed reproduce sound field to an audio space.

Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, and media devices or wearable/mobile computing devices configured to facilitate control of modifications of perceived directions from which sound in spatial audio originates. More specifically, disclosed are systems, devices and methods to facilitate control of the positioning of perceived audio sources, such as one or more speaking persons or listeners, to modify perceived directions or positions from which audio perceptibly originates in a transformed reproduced sound field. A method includes receiving audio streams originating from separate remote sound fields, and receiving a signal to cause a translatable portion to translate relative to one or more reproduce sound fields.

Abstract: Techniques for media device, application, and content management using sensory input are described, including receiving input from one or more sensors coupled to a data-capable strapband, processing the input to determine a pattern, referencing a pattern library using the pattern, generating a control signal to a media application, the control signal being determined based on whether the pattern matches another pattern in the pattern library, and selecting a media file configured to be presented, the media file being selected using the control signal.

Abstract: Techniques for data-capable band management in association with, for example, an autonomous advisory application and network communication data environment are described. In some examples, a method can detect a signal configured to initiate a synchronization function being transmitted from a wearable computing device to an application, as an example. In some cases, a method can include performing a synchronization function to, for example, transfer data from the wearable computing device to the application. Further, a method can include causing presentation to an interface on a computing device to display information associated with a wearable computing device, as determined by the data transferred to the application, for example, after a synchronization function is performed and/or a type of motion is synchronized.