Patents by Inventor Daniel A. Jones

Daniel A. Jones 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: 12284500
    Abstract: Turntable control systems are disclosed. A playback device can include an analog audio source component such as a turntable. The playback device is configured to cause playback of first audio based on analog audio signals generated by the analog audio source component. Based on an indication that analog audio signals are no longer being generated, the playback device requests, via a network interface, audio content from one or more remote computing devices. The request can include identifying related content based on the first audio. The playback device receives, via the network interface, second audio content from, and causes playback of second audio based on the second audio content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Dayn Wilberding, Dana Krieger, Daniel Jones, Gregory McAllister, Ryan Purdy, Adam Kumpf, Russell Prince, Ed Krouse
  • Publication number: 20250068386
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include playback devices configured to operate in one or more playback configurations including configurations individual playback devices play back one or more corresponding channels of multichannel audio content. An audio parameter can be determined based on a distance between playback devices. In some examples, the audio parameter comprises a filter such as a low frequency filter that varies based on at least the distance between the playback devices. After the audio parameter is determined, the playback devices can play back audio content according to the determined audio parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Jerad Lewis, Douglas John Button, Kylie Beth Muntean, Daniel Jones, Adib Mehrabi, Christopher William Pike
  • Patent number: 12236162
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include playback devices configured to operate in one or more playback configurations including configurations individual playback devices play back one or more corresponding channels of multichannel audio content. An audio parameter can be determined based on a distance between playback devices. In some examples, the audio parameter comprises a filter such as a low frequency filter that varies based on at least the distance between the playback devices. After the audio parameter is determined, the playback devices can play back audio content according to the determined audio parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerad Lewis, Douglas John Button, Kylie Beth Muntean, Daniel Jones, Adib Mehrabi, Christopher William Pike
  • Patent number: 12210797
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to transitioning a playback session between portable playback devices such as “smart” headphones, earbuds, and handheld speakers with playback devices of a zone-based media playback system. Exemplary techniques facilitate continuity of playback when transitioning between locations (e.g., from at home to on-the-go or vice versa) or between listening paradigms (e.g., personal or out-loud playback of audio content). An example implementation includes detecting a swap trigger, determining the source playback device(s) and target playback device(s), and performing a playback session swap between the source playback device(s) and target playback device(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Dayn Wilberding, Youjin Nam, Tadeo T. Toulis, Jonathan Cole Harris, Patrick Devine, Nicholas A. J. Millington, Jodi Vautrin, Maria-Jose Ramos, Richard Bannon, Michael Sheldon, Ted Lin, Ron Kuper, Kirsten Lewis, Jake Harwood, Jonathan Herbst, Daniel Jones, Henry Sia
  • Publication number: 20250022027
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer storage media for providing generative artificial intelligence (AI) personalization management using a generative AI personalization engine in an item listing system. A generative AI personalization engine supports generative AI personalization management based on an automotive personalization platform including personalization training operations, personalization operations, and personalization interfaces associated with a generative AI model and an automotive domain. The generative AI personalization engine provides generative AI personalization engine operations to improve personalization and presentation of automotive-related data in an item listing system. In operation, a request associated with a user is accessed. Based on the request, automotive personalization data associated with a generative AI model is accessed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Richard Vance SIPE, III, Corey Alan SPRAGUE, Maksim ZADORSKII, Nickalas N. BRADSHAW, Lauren Elizabeth BOEDIGHEIMER, Ryan Daniel JONES, Yan NI
  • Publication number: 20250012911
    Abstract: An example involves detecting, during a time period by a receiving device, an audio signal comprising a superposition of a plurality of audio signals transmitted by a plurality of respective playback devices. The example further comprises determining a time-frequency representation of the audio signal and obtaining data associating playback devices with respective reference audio signals, each reference audio signal having a predefined time-frequency representation. The example further comprises, based on the time-frequency representation of the audio signal and the data, determining that the audio signal comprises a superposition of a first audio signal transmitted by a first playback device and a second audio signal transmitted by a second playback device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel Jones, Richard Bannon, Jake Harwood, Jonathan Herbst, Henry Sia
  • Publication number: 20240391809
    Abstract: Disclosed are floating micro-aeration unit (FMU) devices, systems and methods for biological sulfide removal from water/wastewater bodies and streams. In some aspects, a system includes a manifold structure including one or more opening to flow air out of an interior of the manifold structure; one or more support structures connected to the manifold structure, in which the one or more support structures are floatable on a surface of a fluid that includes water or a wastewater; and an air source that flows air to the manifold structure, such that the manifold structure supplies the air containing a predetermined amount of oxygen (e.g., less than 0.1 mg/L of oxygen) to oxidize sulfide of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Sofia Malinova Babanova, Orianna Bretschger, Jaime Octavio García Cornejo, Jason Daniel Jones
  • Publication number: 20240352538
    Abstract: A method of analyzing nucleosomes is provided. The method comprising: (a) isolating a plurality of nucleosome molecules from a biological sample; (b) enzymatically linking adenine nucleotides to free DNA ends of the plurality of nucleosome molecules, wherein at least a portion of the adenine nucleotides comprises a label, such that the plurality of nucleosome molecules become attached to a labeled poly(A) tail; (c) hybridizing the plurality of nucleosome molecules attached to the labeled poly(A) tail to a solid support coated with poly(T); and (d) imaging the solid support, whereby the plurality of nucleosome molecules are visualized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicants: Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd., SeqLL Inc.
    Inventors: Efrat SHEMA-YAACOBY, Erez NIR, Vadim FEDYUK, Ekaterina ANDREISHCHEVA, Daniel JONES, Abhijeet SHINDE
  • Publication number: 20240348861
    Abstract: Generative media content (e.g., generative audio) can be played back across multiple playback devices concurrently. A coordinator device can receive a multi-channel stream of media content, with at least some channels comprising generative media content. The coordinator device transmits each of the channels to a plurality of playback devices. A first playback device plays back a first subset of the channels according to first playback responsibilities and a second playback device plays back a second subset of the channels according to second playback responsibilities. The first and/or second playback responsibilities can be dynamically modified over time, for example in response to one or more input parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas D'Amato, Dayn Wilberding, Aurelio Ramos, Daniel Jones, Steven Beckhardt, Gregory McAllister
  • Publication number: 20240319191
    Abstract: Methods and kits for detecting alternating spatial expression of PTEN and, optionally, SMAD4, CD44, and/or TP53 in colonic tumors are described. The methods and kits are useful for identifying a cancer stem cell (CSC)-like zone within a colonic tumor, identifying an adenoma-adenocarcinoma (Ad-ACA) transition zone in a colorectal cancer (CRC) tumor, identifying a CRC tumor that contains high-grade adenoma and/or early adenocarcinoma regions, identifying CSCs in a CRC tumor, diagnosing a subject with high-grade colon adenoma and/or early adenocarcinoma, and determining the likelihood that a colonic tumor in a subject will undergo invasive transformation if left untreated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Quest Diagnostics Investments LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Jones, Kevin J. Arvai, Ya-Hsuan Hsu
  • Publication number: 20240323606
    Abstract: Turntable control systems are disclosed. A playback device can include an analog audio source component such as a turntable. The playback device is configured to cause playback of first audio based on analog audio signals generated by the analog audio source component. Based on an indication that analog audio signals are no longer being generated, the playback device requests, via a network interface, audio content from one or more remote computing devices. The request can include identifying related content based on the first audio. The playback device receives, via the network interface, second audio content from, and causes playback of second audio based on the second audio content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Dayn Wilberding, Dana Krieger, Daniel Jones, Gregory McAllister, Ryan Purdy, Adam Kumpf, Russell Prince, Ed Krouse
  • Publication number: 20240298060
    Abstract: Generative media content (e.g., generative audio) can be played back across multiple playback devices concurrently. A coordinator device can receive a multi-channel stream of media content, with at least some channels comprising generative media content. The coordinator device transmits each of the channels to a plurality of playback devices. A first playback device plays back a first subset of the channels according to first playback responsibilities and a second playback device plays back a second subset of the channels according to second playback responsibilities. The first and/or second playback responsibilities can be dynamically modified over time, for example in response to one or more input parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas D'Amato, Dayn Wilberding, Aurelio Ramos, Daniel Jones, Steven Beckhardt, Gregory McAllister
  • Publication number: 20240292167
    Abstract: Spatial maps can be constructed that represent the relative positions of media playback system components within an environment. In one method, an orchestrator device transmits an instruction to a plurality of playback devices to initiate a localization session. After receiving the instruction, a first playback device transmits a localization signal which is received by the second playback device. Based on the localization signal, a spatial measurement parameter is obtained. The spatial measurement parameter is transmitted to a mapper device, which then constructs a spatial map of the environment including at least the first playback device and the second playback device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: James Nesfield, Ian Ward Frank, Kurt Thomas Soto, Daniel Jones, Charles Conor Sleith, Joseph Todd
  • Patent number: 12010492
    Abstract: Turntable control systems are disclosed. A playback device can include an analog audio source component such as a turntable. The playback device is configured to cause playback of first audio based on analog audio signals generated by the analog audio source component. Based on an indication that analog audio signals are no longer being generated, the playback device requests, via a network interface, audio content from one or more remote computing devices. The request can include identifying related content based on the first audio. The playback device receives, via the network interface, second audio content from, and causes playback of second audio based on the second audio content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Dayn Wilberding, Dana Krieger, Daniel Jones, Gregory McAllister, Ryan Purdy, Adam Kumpf, Russell Prince, Ed Krouse
  • Patent number: 12000831
    Abstract: Methods and kits for detecting alternating spatial expression of PTEN and, optionally, SMAD4, CD44, and/or TP53 in colonic tumors are described. The methods and kits are useful for identifying a cancer stem cell (CSC)-like zone within a colonic tumor, identifying an adenoma-adenocarcinoma (Ad-ACA) transition zone in a colorectal cancer (CRC) tumor, identifying a CRC tumor that contains high-grade adenoma and/or early adenocarcinoma regions, identifying CSCs in a CRC tumor, diagnosing a subject with high-grade colon adenoma and/or early adenocarcinoma, and determining the likelihood that a colonic tumor in a subject will undergo invasive transformation if left untreated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Quest Diagnostics Investments LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Jones, Kevin J. Arvai, Ya-Hsuan Hsu
  • Patent number: 11988784
    Abstract: An example involves detecting, during a time period by a receiving device, an audio signal comprising a superposition of a plurality of audio signals transmitted by a plurality of respective playback devices. The example further comprises determining a time-frequency representation of the audio signal and obtaining data associating playback devices with respective reference audio signals, each reference audio signal having a predefined time-frequency representation. The example further comprises, based on the time-frequency representation of the audio signal and the data, determining that the audio signal comprises a superposition of a first audio signal transmitted by a first playback device and a second audio signal transmitted by a second playback device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Jones, Richard Bannon, Jake Harwood, Jonathan Herbst, Henry Sia
  • Patent number: 11985376
    Abstract: Generative media content (e.g., generative audio) can be played back across multiple playback devices concurrently. A coordinator device can receive a multi-channel stream of media content, with at least some channels comprising generative media content. The coordinator device transmits each of the channels to a plurality of playback devices. A first playback device plays back a first subset of the channels according to first playback responsibilities and a second playback device plays back a second subset of the channels according to second playback responsibilities. The first and/or second playback responsibilities can be dynamically modified over time, for example in response to one or more input parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D'Amato, Dayn Wilberding, Aurelio Ramos, Daniel Jones, Steven Beckhardt, Gregory McAllister
  • Publication number: 20240111482
    Abstract: The disclosed playback devices, media playback systems, and/or methods improve upon the media playback experience by selectively reducing audio quality under certain conditions. The reduction of audio quality may be based on one or more aspects of the acoustic environment, such as the number and locations of one or more users, noise levels, playback device locations relative to the acoustic environment, etc. The media playback system may monitor or periodically poll each of one or more playback devices and other devices or sensors in and around an acoustic environment to determine whether there are opportunities to reduce audio quality for one or more playback devices. This reduction in quality allows the media playback system to conserve resources in one or more aspects and, potentially, divert those resources to other aspects for purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan Michael Bello, Daniel Jones, Peter Dodds, Briet Louise Brown, Christopher Pike
  • Patent number: 11926547
    Abstract: Disclosed are floating micro-aeration unit (FMU) devices, systems and methods for biological sulfide removal from water/wastewater bodies and streams. In some aspects, a system includes a manifold structure including one or more opening to flow air out of an interior of the manifold structure; one or more support structures connected to the manifold structure, in which the one or more support structures are floatable on a surface of a fluid that includes water or a wastewater; and an air source that flows air to the manifold structure, such that the manifold structure supplies the air containing a predetermined amount of oxygen (e.g., less than 0.1 mg/L of oxygen) to oxidize sulfide of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: AQUACYCL, INC.
    Inventors: Sofia Malinova Babanova, Orianna Bretschger, Jaime Octavio García Cornejo, Jason Daniel Jones
  • Publication number: 20240064463
    Abstract: Generative media content (e.g., generative audio) can be played back across multiple playback devices concurrently. A generative content group coordinator device can receive input parameters, which can include sensor data, media content, or other such input. The coordinator device can generate first and second generative media content streams, each of which can be transmitted to first and second playback devices, respectively. The first and second playback devices can play back the first and second streams of generative media content concurrently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Dayn Wilberding, Gregory McAllister, Daniel Jones