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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2021
Applicant:
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sangah Park, Somerville, MA (US);
Ryan Myers, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
John Tolomei, Renton, WA (US);
Assignee:
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/04 (2013.01); G10L 15/083 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01);
Abstract
Examples described herein relate to portable playback devices, such as smart headphones and earbuds, and ultra-portable devices having built-in voice assistants. Some example techniques relate to user interaction with voice assistants. Further example techniques relate to voice guidance played back by the headphones to guide the user under certain conditions.