US 11,451,908 B2 · Network microphone devices with automatic do not disturb actuation capabilities

Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein include networked microphone devices (NMD) determining whether a Do Not Disturb (DND) feature should be activated, in response to determining that the DND feature should be activated, activating the DND feature. In some embodiments, the NMD determines whether to activate the DND feature based on various configuration and operational states. And in some embodiments, activating the DND feature includes activating the DND feature includes activating the DND feature at one or more additional NMDs based on the configuration and operational state of the NMD and the one or more additional NMDs.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A playback device comprising:

one or more processors;
and
a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the playback device to perform operations comprising:
determining that the playback device is playing a particular type of content;
and
in response to determining that the playback device is playing the particular type of content, activating a Do Not Disturb (DND) feature on the playback device and playing the particular type of content while the DND feature is activated.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/135,123Filed 28 Dec 2020 · continuation

Priority

10 Dec 2017

Published

US 2021/0227328 A122 Jul 2021

Granted

20 Sep 2022

Term ends

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Classification15 codes

G06F 9/485
By program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system: task life-cycle, e.g. stopping, restarting, resuming execution
H04R 5/04
Stereophonic arrangements: circuit arrangements, e.g. for selective connection of amplifier inputs/outputs to loudspeakers, for loudspeaker…
G06F 3/165
Sound input; Sound output: management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
G06F 3/167
Sound input; Sound output: audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

Family

Application62/596,902Us provisional application · filed 10 Dec 2017

Application16/214,711Parent of this continuation · filed 10 Dec 2018

US 2021/0227328 A1Pre-grant publication · published 22 Jul 2021

US 10,880,650 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2019/0281387 A1Published application

US 11,451,908 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Network microphone devices with automatic do not disturb actuation capabilities

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Network microphone devices with automatic do not disturb actuation capabilities

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Abstract

Claims20