Patents by Inventor Philippe Vossel

Philippe Vossel 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: 10795636
    Abstract: Example techniques relate to playback queue subscriptions. An example implementation involves a computing system receiving, from a first computing device associated with a first user account, an instruction to enable subscription to a first playback queue associated with a first media playback system. In response to the instruction, the computing system enables second user accounts to subscribe to the first playback queue. The second user accounts are registered with respective second media playback systems in respective second household. The computing system receives, from a particular second media playback system, a request to subscribe to the first playback queue; and in response, sends one or more messages that update a control interface of the first control device to display a subscriber indication and (ii) sends one or more messages that populate a second playback queue of the particular second media playback system with audio tracks of the first playback queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Bierbower, Philippe Vossel
  • Patent number: 10757499
    Abstract: Wireless headphones with user controls and methods for using are disclosed. In one embodiment, a wireless headphone includes a left earcup comprising a left speaker driver and a left earcup housing; and a right earcup comprising a right speaker driver and a right earcup housing; a processor; a microphone; user controls including: a voice assistant activator control; a volume slider; a play control slider; a play-pause control; and instructions configuring the processor to: commence a voice assistant recognition routine when sound received by the microphone matches a wake word, and perform an action based on instructions returned from the voice assistant; update a current volume of the headphone to a higher volume when the volume slider receives a swipe; skip to a next track of a current media content when the play control slider receives a swipe; and toggle playback of the media content when the play-pause control is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Jodi Vautrin, Aki Laine, Dana Krieger, Philippe Vossel, Vincent Shyu
  • Publication number: 20190294406
    Abstract: Example techniques relate to playback queue subscriptions. An example implementation involves a computing system receiving, from a first computing device associated with a first user account, an instruction to enable subscription to a first playback queue associated with a first media playback system. In response to the instruction, the computing system enables second user accounts to subscribe to the first playback queue. The second user accounts are registered with respective second media playback systems in respective second household. The computing system receives, from a particular second media playback system, a request to subscribe to the first playback queue; and in response, sends one or more messages that update a control interface of the first control device to display a subscriber indication and (ii) sends one or more messages that populate a second playback queue of the particular second media playback system with audio tracks of the first playback queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Chris Bierbower, Philippe Vossel
  • Patent number: 10324680
    Abstract: An example non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions that, when executed by a control device, cause the control device to perform functions. The functions comprise configuring a first playback device associated with a first user-account to (i) play media content from a playback queue comprising one or more audio tracks stored at a network location and (ii) enable one or more other user-accounts associated with other playback devices to subscribe to the playback queue. The functions further comprise receiving an indication that a second user-account associated with a second playback device has subscribed to the playback queue. The functions further comprise in response to receiving the indication, displaying a subscriber indicator on the control device showing that the second user-account has subscribed to the playback queue. An example control device and an example method, both related to the example non-transitory computer-readable medium, are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Bierbower, Philippe Vossel
  • Publication number: 20180321897
    Abstract: An example non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions that, when executed by a control device, cause the control device to perform functions. The functions comprise configuring a first playback device associated with a first user-account to (i) play media content from a playback queue comprising one or more audio tracks stored at a network location and (ii) enable one or more other user-accounts associated with other playback devices to subscribe to the playback queue. The functions further comprise receiving an indication that a second user-account associated with a second playback device has subscribed to the playback queue. The functions further comprise in response to receiving the indication, displaying a subscriber indicator on the control device showing that the second user-account has subscribed to the playback queue. An example control device and an example method, both related to the example non-transitory computer-readable medium, are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Chris Bierbower, Philippe Vossel
  • Patent number: 9891880
    Abstract: An example non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions that, when executed by a control device, cause the control device to perform functions. The functions comprise configuring a first playback device associated with a first user-account to (i) play media content from a playback queue comprising one or more audio tracks stored at a network location and (ii) enable one or more other user-accounts associated with other playback devices to subscribe to the playback queue. The functions further comprise receiving an indication that a second user-account associated with a second playback device has subscribed to the playback queue. The functions further comprise in response to receiving the indication, displaying a subscriber indicator on the control device showing that the second user-account has subscribed to the playback queue. An example control device and an example method, both related to the example non-transitory computer-readable medium, are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Bierbower, Philippe Vossel
  • Publication number: 20160291924
    Abstract: An example non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions that, when executed by a control device, cause the control device to perform functions. The functions comprise configuring a first playback device associated with a first user-account to (i) play media content from a playback queue comprising one or more audio tracks stored at a network location and (ii) enable one or more other user-accounts associated with other playback devices to subscribe to the playback queue. The functions further comprise receiving an indication that a second user-account associated with a second playback device has subscribed to the playback queue. The functions further comprise in response to receiving the indication, displaying a subscriber indicator on the control device showing that the second user-account has subscribed to the playback queue. An example control device and an example method, both related to the example non-transitory computer-readable medium, are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Chris Bierbower, Philippe Vossel
  • Patent number: D854016
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Aki Laine, Philippe Vossel, Edward Mitchell
  • Patent number: D870082
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Aki Laine, Edward Mitchell, Philippe Vossel
  • Patent number: D889472
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Aki Laine, Philippe Vossel, Edward Mitchell
  • Patent number: D893463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Aki Laine, Edward Mitchell, Philippe Vossel
  • Patent number: D906278
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Aki Laine, Philippe Vossel, Edward Mitchell
  • Patent number: D910590
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Aki Laine, Philippe Vossel, Edward Mitchell
  • Patent number: D910591
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Vossel, Edward Mitchell, Dana Krieger, Aki Laine