Patents by Inventor Michael I. Smith

Michael I. Smith 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).

  • Power control for speaker devices in a wireless media system
    Patent number: 12707195
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for a wireless media system including a wireless speaker device and a host device forming a peer-to-peer wireless network. The host device provides audio content to the speaker device, and the speaker device can decode and process the audio content received from the host device. The speaker device can be in various states that consume different level of powers, such as a standby state, a wake state, a connected state. The speaker device can determine the host device is in an inactive state or an active state. When the speaker device determines the host device is in an inactive state, the speaker device can enter the standby state, enable the communication circuit and the audio processing circuit of the speaker device to be in a low power state to save power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil Zhang Kraewinkels, Jr., Richard Jørgensen, Michael I. Smith
  • POWER CONTROL FOR SPEAKER DEVICES IN A WIRELESS MEDIA SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240080617
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for a wireless media system including a wireless speaker device and a host device forming a peer-to-peer wireless network. The host device provides audio content to the speaker device, and the speaker device can decode and process the audio content received from the host device. The speaker device can be in various states that consume different level of powers, such as a standby state, a wake state, a connected state. The speaker device can determine the host device is in an inactive state or an active state. When the speaker device determines the host device is in an inactive state, the speaker device can enter the standby state, enable the communication circuit and the audio processing circuit of the speaker device to be in a low power state to save power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: NEIL KRAEWINKELS, Richard JØRGENSEN, Michael I. Smith