Sonos, Inc.

Betty Lee

Connor Kristopher Smith

John G Tolomei

Systems and methods for distributed voice processing are disclosed herein. In one example, the method includes detecting sound via a microphone array of a first playback device and analyzing, via a first wake-word engine of the first playback device, the detected sound. The first playback device may transmit data associated with the detected sound to a second playback device over a local area network. A second wake-word engine of the second playback device may analyze the transmitted data associated with the detected sound. The method may further include identifying that the detected sound contains either a first wake word or a second wake word based on the analysis via the first and second wake-word engines, respectively. Based on the identification, sound data corresponding to the detected sound may be transmitted over a wide area network to a remote computing device associated with a particular voice assistant service.

Devices, systems, and methods for distributed voice processing

Devices, systems, and methods for distributed voice processing by transmitting sound data associated with a wake word to an appropriate device for identification

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Betty Lee