US 12,732,547 B2Granted

Networked microphone device control

AssigneeSonos, Inc.

InventorsMieko Kusano, Dayn Wilberding, Jonathan Wenocur, Jonathan Lang

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Abstract

Systems and methods disclosed herein include, while a microphone of a first networked microphone device is enabled, determining whether a first reference device is in a specific state, and in response to determining that the first reference device is in the specific state, disabling the microphone of the first networked microphone device. Some embodiments further include, while the microphone of the first networked microphone device is enabled, receiving a command to disable the microphone of the first networked microphone device via one of the microphone of the networked microphone device or a network interface of the networked microphone device, and in response to receiving the command to disable the microphone of the networked microphone device via one of the microphone of the networked microphone device or the network interface of the networked microphone device, disabling the microphone of the networked microphone device.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A first network device comprising:

one or more processors;
a set of one or more microphones;
and
tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media comprising program instructions executable by the one or more processors such that the first network device is configured to:
while the first network device is in a microphone-enabled state, determine whether the first network device is playing a first type of media content or a second type of media content;
in response to determining that the first network device is playing the first type of media content, switch the first network device from the microphone-enabled state to a microphone-disabled state;
in response to determining that the first network device is playing the second type of media content, keep the first network device in the microphone-enabled state;
while the first network device is in the microphone-disabled state, determine that the first network device is no longer playing the first type of media content;
and
in response to determining that the first network device is no longer playing the first type of media content, switch the first network device from the microphone-disabled state to the microphone-enabled state.

7 more elements

Tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media comprising program instructions executable by one or more processors such that a first network device is configured to:

while the first network device is in a microphone-enabled state, determine whether the first network device is playing a first type of media content or a second type of media content;
in response to determining that the first network device is playing the first type of media content, switch the first network device from the microphone-enabled state to a microphone-disabled state;
in response to determining that the first network device is playing the second type of media content, keep the first network device in the microphone-enabled state;
while the first network device is in the microphone-disabled state, determine that the first network device is no longer playing the first type of media content;
and
in response to determining that the first network device is no longer playing the first type of media content, switch the first network device from the microphone-disabled state to the microphone-enabled state.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/508,105Filed 13 Nov 2023 · continuation
Priority: 21 Feb 2017
Published: US 2024/0080347 A17 Mar 2024
Granted: 8 Sep 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

H04L 65/1059
Architectures or entities: end-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication
H04L 65/1096
Session management: supplementary features, e.g. call forwarding or call holding
H04R 3/00
Circuits for transducers
G06F 3/167
Sound input; Sound output: audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

Family

Application15/438,725Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Feb 2017
Application16/378,516Parent of this continuation · filed 8 Apr 2019
US 10,264,030 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Apr 2019
Application17/878,649Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Aug 2022
US 11,405,430 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 2 Aug 2022
US 2024/0080347 A1Pre-grant publication · published 7 Mar 2024
US 11,863,593 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2017/0245076 A1Published application
US 2019/0364076 A1Published application
US 2023/0134723 A1Published application
US 12,732,547 B2This patent

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