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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2023
Applicant:

Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Luis Vega-Zayas, Arlington, MA (US);

Lucas Pylypczak, Boston, MA (US);

Rich Lean, Boston, MA (US);

Assignee:

Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04R 29/001 (2013.01); H04S 7/301 (2013.01); H04R 2227/003 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods disclosed herein include: (i) forming a synchrony playback group including a first and second playback device, (ii) causing the first and second playback devices to play back audio content in synchrony, (iii) while the first and second playback devices are playing back the audio content in synchrony, determining that the first playback device has received a voice input via a microphone, (iv) based on the voice input, determining that a requirement exists to output a system response to the voice input, (v) determining a sound pressure level (SPL) measurement associated with the voice input, (vi) based on the SPL measurement, determining a system response volume, (vii) causing the first and second playback devices to reduce an audio playback volume of the audio content, and (viii) causing the first and/or the second playback device to output the system response at the system response volume.


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