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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. 18, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 22, 2024
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Niels Van Erven, Agoura Hills, CA (US);

Kasra Payandehjoo, Malden, MA (US);

Michael Frey, Tyngsboro, MA (US);

Anthony Maglio, Boston, MA (US);

Ron Roberts, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/2291 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H04B 7/0868 (2013.01); H04R 1/1008 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 1/105 (2013.01); H04R 2201/028 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein include headphone devices with spatially diverse antennas employing multiple operational modes and antenna switching policies. The headphone device may identify a current mode of operation and wirelessly communicate with at least one external device based at least in part on the current mode of operation. Further, operating in a first mode of operation, the headphone device may cause switching circuitry to selectively couple a first antenna to the common port in accordance with a first antenna switching policy. While operating in the second mode of operation, the headphone device may cause circuitry to selectively couple a second antenna to the common port in accordance with a second antenna switching policy that is different from the first antenna switching policy.


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