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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:
Aug. 19, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 10, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Ryan Taylor, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Andrew Kwatinetz, Seattle, WA (US);

Benjamin Rappoport, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);

Russell Dougherty, Seattle, WA (US);

Dayn Wilberding, Portland, OR (US);

Nicholas D'amato, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4307 (2013.01); H04N 21/4394 (2013.01); H04N 21/4524 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04R 2227/001 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04R 2227/007 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example computing system may be configured to cause one or more playback devices located in a location of a commercial environment to play back an advertisement. The example computing system may also be configured to receive an indication that a user device is detected proximate to the location, during playback of the advertisement. The example computing system may also be configured to, after receiving the indication that the user device has been detected, receive an indication of a purchase of the subject of the advertisement, the purchase associated with the user profile. The example computing system may also be configured to, based on (i) the indication that the user device has been detected during play back of the advertisement and (ii) the indication of the purchase of the subject of the advertisement, cause a content service account associated with the computing system to be updated.


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