H04R 2227/005
Audio distribution systems for home, i.e. multi-room use
H04R2227/005 (Audio distribution systems for home, i.e. multi-room use) appears on 1,576 US grants and 1,782 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04R- Granted patents
- 1,576
- Published applications
- 1,782
- Assignees
- 219
- Inventors
- 1,354
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 7 |
| 2003 | 1 | 6 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 6 |
| 2007 | 7 | 9 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4 |
| 2010 | 7 | 11 |
| 2011 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012 | 11 | 14 |
| 2013 | 11 | 57 |
| 2014 | 14 | 44 |
| 2015 | 55 | 92 |
| 2016 | 82 | 153 |
| 2017 | 140 | 136 |
| 2018 | 172 | 137 |
| 2019 | 174 | 171 |
| 2020 | 163 | 145 |
| 2021 | 144 | 136 |
| 2022 | 118 | 128 |
| 2023 | 142 | 142 |
| 2024 | 131 | 157 |
| 2025 | 118 | 132 |
| 2026 | 63 | 78 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Arbitration-based voice recognition29 Sep 2026US 12,749,486 B2Sonos, Inc.
- Distributed generative models29 Sep 2026US 12,750,620 B2Sonos, Inc.
- Media playback based on sensor data29 Sep 2026US 12,750,630 B2Sonos, Inc.
- Playback device pairing22 Sep 2026US 12,745,041 B2Sonos, Inc.
- Playback transitions22 Sep 2026US 12,745,052 B2Sonos, Inc.
- Failure Recovery of Wearable Playback Device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313313 A1Sonos, Inc.
- Playback Expansion1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299876 A1Sonos, Inc.
- Multi-Zone Setup And Configuration Of Multi-Player Playback Devices1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299878 A1Sonos, Inc.
- Immersive audio in a media playback system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303676 A1Sonos, Inc.
- Device designation of playback and network microphone device arrangements17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281620 A1Sonos, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for controlling multimedia players in a multi-zone system2,132US 7,571,014 B1Sonos, Inc. · 2009
- System and method for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices1,949US 8,234,395 B2Sonos, Inc. · 2012
- Controlling and manipulating groupings in a multi-zone media system1,881US 8,483,853 B1Sonos, Inc. · 2013
- Audio distribution system having programmable zoning features1,660US 5,761,320 AElan Home Systems, L.L.C. · 1998
- Audio distribution system having programmable zoning features1,643US 5,440,644 ASquare D Company · 1995