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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2020
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dolby International Ab, Amsterdam Zuidoost, NL;
Glenn N. Dickins, Como, AU;
Richard J. Cartwright, Killara, AU;
David Gunawan, Sydney, AU;
Christopher Graham Hines, Sydney, AU;
Mark R. P. Thomas, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Alan J. Seefeldt, Alameda, CA (US);
Joshua B. Lando, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Carlos Eduardo Medaglia Dyonisio, Greystanes, AU;
Daniel Arteaga, Barcelona, ES;
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION, San Francisco, CA (US);
DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
An audio session management method for an audio environment having multiple audio devices may involve receiving, from a first device implementing a first application and by a device implementing an audio session manager, a first route initiation request to initiate a first route for a first audio session. The first route initiation request may indicate a first audio source and a first audio environment destination. The first audio environment destination may correspond with at least a first person in the audio environment, but in some instances will not indicate an audio device. The method may involve establishing a first route corresponding to the first route initiation request. Establishing the first route may involve determining a first location of at least the first person in the audio environment, determining at least one audio device for a first stage of the first audio session and initiating or scheduling the first audio session.