Patents by Inventor Brenda Stefani

Brenda Stefani 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).

  • Publication number: 20240295914
    Abstract: Example techniques related to portable playback device power management. An example implementation includes a main SoC comprising main processor(s), an auxiliary processor, and a kernel that executes on the one or more main processor cores. During kernel suspend of the kernel, a power management microcontroller monitors a battery for conditions corresponding to respective wake-on-battery triggers, detects that the monitored conditions correspond to a particular wake-on-battery trigger; and in response, sends, to the auxiliary processor, an interrupt corresponding to a particular wake-on-battery trigger, wherein the interrupt causes the auxiliary processor core to enable the main processor(s) and resume the kernel from kernel suspend. After resuming from kernel suspend, the kernel adds a first kernel resume source event indicating the particular wake-on-battery trigger to a power event queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Liang Chai, Xiang Wang, Brenda Stefani, Lyford Beverage, JR., Allan Velzy, Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III
  • Patent number: 12019496
    Abstract: Example techniques related to portable playback device power management. An example implementation includes a main SoC comprising main processor(s), an auxiliary processor, and a kernel that executes on the one or more main processor cores. During kernel suspend of the kernel, a power management microcontroller monitors a battery for conditions corresponding to respective wake-on-battery triggers, detects that the monitored conditions correspond to a particular wake-on-battery trigger; and in response, sends, to the auxiliary processor, an interrupt corresponding to a particular wake-on-battery trigger, wherein the interrupt causes the auxiliary processor core to enable the main processor(s) and resume the kernel from kernel suspend. After resuming from kernel suspend, the kernel adds a first kernel resume source event indicating the particular wake-on-battery trigger to a power event queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Liang Chai, Xiang Wang, Brenda Stefani, Lyford Beverage, Jr., Allan Velzy, Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III
  • Publication number: 20240012463
    Abstract: Example techniques related to portable playback device power management. An example implementation involves launching a power coordinator background process, the power coordinator background process having multiple client programs and establishing respective inter-process communication (IPC) mechanisms between the multiple client programs and the power coordinator background process. The implementation further involves receiving, via the established IPC mechanisms from the multiple client programs, messages indicating that the respective client program is ready to suspend, and determining that each client program of the multiple client programs is ready to suspend. The implementation further includes sending instructions to the operating system to kernel suspend. While in kernel suspend, the playback device detects a particular trigger to kernel resume and in response, performs a kernel resume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Joshua Nicholas, Brenda Stefani, Liang Chai, Xiang Wang, Allan Velzy, Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III, Hrishikesh Gossain
  • Publication number: 20230409280
    Abstract: A playback device is provided. The playback device includes a processor; an audio interface connected to the processor and configured to output audio; a communication interface connected to the processor and configured to communicate over a network; a memory operably connected to the processor; and instructions stored in the memory. The instructions are executable by the processor such that the playback device can receive an audio stream via a first wireless network; play back, via the audio interface, audio content based on the audio stream; while receiving the audio stream via the first wireless network, transmit an indication of availability of the audio stream; detect a request, from another playback device, to play back the audio stream; establish a second wireless network; detect that the other playback device has joined the second wireless network; and transmit the audio stream to the other playback device via the second wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Brenda Stefani, Christopher Babroski, Da-Hai Ding, Gary Anthony Matulis, Robert James Bermani, Zhaoyun Huang, Meng Wang, Joe Jingzhong Zheng, Cheng Lu
  • Patent number: 11809257
    Abstract: Example techniques related to portable playback device power management. An example implementation involves launching a power coordinator background process, the power coordinator background process having multiple client programs and establishing respective inter-process communication (IPC) mechanisms between the multiple client programs and the power coordinator background process. The implementation further involves receiving, via the established IPC mechanisms from the multiple client programs, messages indicating that the respective client program is ready to suspend, and determining that each client program of the multiple client programs is ready to suspend. The implementation further includes sending instructions to the operating system to kernel suspend. While in kernel suspend, the playback device detects a particular trigger to kernel resume and in response, performs a kernel resume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Nicholas, Brenda Stefani, Liang Chai, Xiang Wang, Allan Velzy, Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III, Hrishikesh Gossain
  • Publication number: 20230089875
    Abstract: Example techniques related to portable playback device power management. An example implementation involves launching a power coordinator background process, the power coordinator background process having multiple client programs and establishing respective inter-process communication (IPC) mechanisms between the multiple client programs and the power coordinator background process. The implementation further involves receiving, via the established IPC mechanisms from the multiple client programs, messages indicating that the respective client program is ready to suspend, and determining that each client program of the multiple client programs is ready to suspend. The implementation further includes sending instructions to the operating system to kernel suspend. While in kernel suspend, the playback device detects a particular trigger to kernel resume and in response, performs a kernel resume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Joshua Nicholas, Brenda Stefani, Liang Chai, Xiang Wang, Allan Velzy, Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III, Hrishikesh Gossain
  • Publication number: 20230085004
    Abstract: Example techniques related to portable playback device power management. An example implementation includes a main SoC comprising main processor(s), an auxiliary processor, and a kernel that executes on the one or more main processor cores. During kernel suspend of the kernel, a power management microcontroller monitors a battery for conditions corresponding to respective wake-on-battery triggers, detects that the monitored conditions correspond to a particular wake-on-battery trigger; and in response, sends, to the auxiliary processor, an interrupt corresponding to a particular wake-on-battery trigger, wherein the interrupt causes the auxiliary processor core to enable the main processor(s) and resume the kernel from kernel suspend. After resuming from kernel suspend, the kernel adds a first kernel resume source event indicating the particular wake-on-battery trigger to a power event queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Liang Chai, Xiang Wang, Brenda Stefani, Lyford Beverage, JR., Allan Velzy, Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III
  • Patent number: 11513581
    Abstract: Example techniques related to portable playback device power management. An example implementation includes a main SoC comprising main processor(s), an auxiliary processor, and a kernel that executes on the one or more main processor cores. During kernel suspend of the kernel, a power management microcontroller monitors a battery for conditions corresponding to respective wake-on-battery triggers, detects that the monitored conditions correspond to a particular wake-on-battery trigger; and in response, sends, to the auxiliary processor, an interrupt corresponding to a particular wake-on-battery trigger, wherein the interrupt causes the auxiliary processor core to enable the main processor(s) and resume the kernel from kernel suspend. After resuming from kernel suspend, the kernel adds a first kernel resume source event indicating the particular wake-on-battery trigger to a power event queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Liang Chai, Xiang Wang, Brenda Stefani, Lyford Beverage, Jr., Allan Velzy, Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III
  • Patent number: 11513580
    Abstract: Example techniques related to portable playback device power management. An example implementation involves launching a power coordinator background process, the power coordinator background process having multiple client programs and establishing respective inter-process communication (IPC) mechanisms between the multiple client programs and the power coordinator background process. The implementation further involves receiving, via the established IPC mechanisms from the multiple client programs, messages indicating that the respective client program is ready to suspend, and determining that each client program of the multiple client programs is ready to suspend. The implementation further includes sending instructions to the operating system to kernel suspend. While in kernel suspend, the playback device detects a particular trigger to kernel resume and in response, performs a kernel resume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Nicholas, Brenda Stefani, Liang Chai, Xiang Wang, Allan Velzy, Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III, Hrishikesh Gossain
  • Publication number: 20220019278
    Abstract: Example techniques related to portable playback device power management. An example implementation includes a main SoC comprising main processor(s), an auxiliary processor, and a kernel that executes on the one or more main processor cores. During kernel suspend of the kernel, a power management microcontroller monitors a battery for conditions corresponding to respective wake-on-battery triggers, detects that the monitored conditions correspond to a particular wake-on-battery trigger; and in response, sends, to the auxiliary processor, an interrupt corresponding to a particular wake-on-battery trigger, wherein the interrupt causes the auxiliary processor core to enable the main processor(s) and resume the kernel from kernel suspend. After resuming from kernel suspend, the kernel adds a first kernel resume source event indicating the particular wake-on-battery trigger to a power event queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Liang Chai, Xiang Wang, Brenda Stefani, Lyford Beverage, JR., Allan Velzy, Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III
  • Publication number: 20220019277
    Abstract: Example techniques related to portable playback device power management. An example implementation involves launching a power coordinator background process, the power coordinator background process having multiple client programs and establishing respective inter-process communication (IPC) mechanisms between the multiple client programs and the power coordinator background process. The implementation further involves receiving, via the established IPC mechanisms from the multiple client programs, messages indicating that the respective client program is ready to suspend, and determining that each client program of the multiple client programs is ready to suspend. The implementation further includes sending instructions to the operating system to kernel suspend. While in kernel suspend, the playback device detects a particular trigger to kernel resume and in response, performs a kernel resume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Joshua Nicholas, Brenda Stefani, Liang Chai, Xiang Wang, Allan Velzy, Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III, Hrishikesh Gossain
  • Patent number: 11126243
    Abstract: Example techniques related to portable playback device power management. An example implementation includes a main SoC comprising main processor(s), an auxiliary processor, and a kernel that executes on the one or more main processor cores. During kernel suspend of the kernel, a power management microcontroller monitors a battery for conditions corresponding to respective wake-on-battery triggers, detects that the monitored conditions correspond to a particular wake-on-battery trigger; and in response, sends, to the auxiliary processor, an interrupt corresponding to a particular wake-on-battery trigger, wherein the interrupt causes the auxiliary processor core to enable the main processor(s) and resume the kernel from kernel suspend. After resuming from kernel suspend, the kernel adds a first kernel resume source event indicating the particular wake-on-battery trigger to a power event queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Liang Chai, Xiang Wang, Brenda Stefani, Lyford Beverage, Jr., Allan Velzy, Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III
  • Patent number: 11093016
    Abstract: Example techniques related to portable playback device power management. An example implementation involves launching a power coordinator background process, the power coordinator background process having multiple client programs and establishing respective inter-process communication (IPC) mechanisms between the multiple client programs and the power coordinator background process. The implementation further involves receiving, via the established IPC mechanisms from the multiple client programs, messages indicating that the respective client program is ready to suspend, and determining that each client program of the multiple client programs is ready to suspend. The implementation further includes sending instructions to the operating system to kernel suspend. While in kernel suspend, the playback device detects a particular trigger to kernel resume and in response, performs a kernel resume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Nicholas, Brenda Stefani, Liang Chai, Xiang Wang, Allan Velzy, Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III, Hrishikesh Gossain
  • Publication number: 20200387209
    Abstract: Example techniques related to portable playback device power management. An example implementation involves launching a power coordinator background process, the power coordinator background process having multiple client programs and establishing respective inter-process communication (IPC) mechanisms between the multiple client programs and the power coordinator background process. The implementation further involves receiving, via the established IPC mechanisms from the multiple client programs, messages indicating that the respective client program is ready to suspend, and determining that each client program of the multiple client programs is ready to suspend. The implementation further includes sending instructions to the operating system to kernel suspend. While in kernel suspend, the playback device detects a particular trigger to kernel resume and in response, performs a kernel resume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Joshua Nicholas, Brenda Stefani, Liang Chai, Xiang Wang, Allan Velzy, Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III, Hrishikesh Gossain
  • Publication number: 20200387210
    Abstract: Example techniques related to portable playback device power management. An example implementation includes a main SoC comprising main processor(s), an auxiliary processor, and a kernel that executes on the one or more main processor cores. During kernel suspend of the kernel, a power management microcontroller monitors a battery for conditions corresponding to respective wake-on-battery triggers, detects that the monitored conditions correspond to a particular wake-on-battery trigger; and in response, sends, to the auxiliary processor, an interrupt corresponding to a particular wake-on-battery trigger, wherein the interrupt causes the auxiliary processor core to enable the main processor(s) and resume the kernel from kernel suspend. After resuming from kernel suspend, the kernel adds a first kernel resume source event indicating the particular wake-on-battery trigger to a power event queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Liang Chai, Xiang Wang, Brenda Stefani, Lyford Beverage, JR., Allan Velzy, Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III