Patents by Inventor Liesbeth van den Berg

Liesbeth van den Berg 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).

  • Multiple-Device Setup
    Publication number: 20230266939
    Abstract: An example implementation may involve a media playback system detecting two or more playback devices of a given type. The implementation may further involve transmitting, to a particular playback device of the detected playback devices, an instruction that causes the particular playback device to emit a given sound. The implementation may also involve receiving an identification of the particular playback device and displaying, via a graphical interface, one or more prompts to join the particular playback device into the media playback system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Sein Woo, Liesbeth van den Berg, Roy Pollock
  • Multiple-device setup
    Patent number: 11550537
    Abstract: An example implementation may involve a media playback system detecting two or more playback devices of a given type. The implementation may further involve transmitting, to a particular playback device of the detected playback devices, an instruction that causes the particular playback device to emit a given sound. The implementation may also involve receiving an identification of the particular playback device and displaying, via a graphical interface, one or more prompts to join the particular playback device into the media playback system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Sein Woo, Liesbeth van den Berg, Roy Pollock
  • Multiple-Device Setup
    Publication number: 20220121415
    Abstract: An example implementation may involve a media playback system detecting two or more playback devices of a given type. The implementation may further involve transmitting, to a particular playback device of the detected playback devices, an instruction that causes the particular playback device to emit a given sound. The implementation may also involve receiving an identification of the particular playback device and displaying, via a graphical interface, one or more prompts to join the particular playback device into the media playback system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Sein Woo, Liesbeth van den Berg, Roy Pollock
  • Multiple-device setup
    Patent number: 11080000
    Abstract: An example implementation may involve a media playback system detecting two or more playback devices of a given type. The implementation may further involve transmitting, to a particular playback device of the detected playback devices, an instruction that causes the particular playback device to emit a given sound. The implementation may also involve receiving an identification of the particular playback device and displaying, via a graphical interface, one or more prompts to join the particular playback device into the media playback system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Sein Woo, Liesbeth van den Berg, Roy Pollock
  • Multiple-Device Setup
    Publication number: 20200004494
    Abstract: An example implementation may involve a media playback system detecting two or more playback devices of a given type. The implementation may further involve transmitting, to a particular playback device of the detected playback devices, an instruction that causes the particular playback device to emit a given sound. The implementation may also involve receiving an identification of the particular playback device and displaying, via a graphical interface, one or more prompts to join the particular playback device into the media playback system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Sein Woo, Liesbeth van den Berg, Roy Pollock
  • Multiple-device setup
    Patent number: 10303422
    Abstract: An example implementation may involve a media playback system detecting two or more playback devices of a given type. The implementation may further involve transmitting, to a particular playback device of the detected playback devices, an instruction that causes the particular playback device to emit a given sound. The implementation may also involve receiving an identification of the particular playback device and displaying, via a graphical interface, one or more prompts to join the particular playback device into the media playback system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Sein Woo, Liesbeth van den Berg, Roy Pollock
  • Intelligent group identification
    Patent number: 10284980
    Abstract: An example implementation may involve a media playback system receiving message(s) indicating that a first playback device is available for configuration into a zone of a media playback system. The implementation may further involve identifying one or more second playback devices and determining that the first playback device and the one or more second playback devices are compatible with certain bonded zone configurations. The implementation may also involve detecting selection of a bonded zone configuration from among the compatible bonded zone configurations and displaying an indication of one or more particular second playback devices that are compatible with the selected bonded zone configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Sein Woo, Roy Pollock, Liesbeth van den Berg
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D772918
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Liesbeth van den Berg, Abhishek Kumar, Eduardo Apodaca, Amber Brown, Mark Trammell, Robert Lambourne, Yasser Rashid
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D775632
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Liesbeth van den Berg, Abhishek Kumar, Eduardo Apodaca, Amber Brown, Mark Trammell, Robert Lambourne, Yasser Rashid
  • Display screen portion with icon
    Patent number: D784404
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Liesbeth van den Berg, Abhishek Kumar
  • Display screen or portion thereof graphical user interface
    Patent number: D785649
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Liesbeth van den Berg, Abhishek Kumar, Eduardo Apodaca, Amber Brown, Mark Trammell, Robert Lambourne, Yasser Rashid, Michael Lemmon, Jonathan Garn
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D786266
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Liesbeth van den Berg, Abhishek Kumar, Eduardo Apodaca, Amber Brown, Mark Trammell, Robert Lambourne, Yasser Rashid
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D792420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Liesbeth van den Berg, Abhishek Kumar, Eduardo Apodaca, Amber Brown, Mark Trammell, Robert Lambourne, Yasser Rashid
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D841044
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Liesbeth van den Berg, Abhishek Kumar, Eduardo Apodaca, Amber Brown, Mark Trammell, Robert A. Lambourne, Yasser Rashid
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D895638
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Liesbeth van den Berg, Abhishek Kumar, Eduardo Apodaca, Amber Braden, Mark Trammell, Robert Lambourne, Yasser Rashid
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D919652
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Liesbeth van den Berg, Abhishek Kumar, Eduardo Apodaca, Amber Braden, Mark Trammell, Robert A. Lambourne, Yasser Rashid