Patents by Inventor Sanford Spivey

Sanford Spivey 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).

  • Playing Media Content in Response to Detecting Items Having Corresponding Media Content Associated Therewith
    Publication number: 20240036810
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include one or more playback devices, server systems, and/or computing devices, individually or in combination determining that an item is present within an area comprising a playback device, wherein the item has corresponding media content associated therewith, and in response to determining that the item is present within the area comprising the playback device, causing the playback device to play the media content corresponding to the item, wherein the media content comprises one or both of audio content or video content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey Torgerson, Paul Bates, Matt Welch, Sanford Spivey, Ryan Taylor
  • Playing media content in response to detecting items having corresponding media content associated therewith
    Patent number: 11740854
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include one or more playback devices, server systems, and/or computing devices, individually or in combination determining that an item is present within an area comprising a playback device, wherein the item has corresponding media content associated therewith, and in response to determining that the item is present within the area comprising the playback device, causing the playback device to play the media content corresponding to the item, wherein the media content comprises one or both of audio content or video content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Torgerson, Paul Bates, Matt Welch, Sanford Spivey, Ryan Taylor
  • Playing Media Content in Response to Detecting Items Having Corresponding Media Content Associated Therewith
    Publication number: 20200233635
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include one or more playback devices, server systems, and/or computing devices, individually or in combination determining that an item is present within an area comprising a playback device, wherein the item has corresponding media content associated therewith, and in response to determining that the item is present within the area comprising the playback device, causing the playback device to play the media content corresponding to the item, wherein the media content comprises one or both of audio content or video content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey Torgerson, Paul Bates, Matt Welch, Sanford Spivey, Ryan Taylor