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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2024
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Aurelien Aubry, Paris, FR;
Thibaut Lorrain, Paris, FR;
Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
A first network microphone device (NMD) is configured to (i) detect a wake word included in a voice input, (ii) transmit, to a second NMD, an indication that the first NMD detected the wake word, (iii) receive, from the second NMD, an indication that the second NMD detected the wake word, (iv) begin processing the voice input to determine a response, (v), determine a delay time for transmitting an arbitration message indicating that the first NMD will respond to the voice input, and (a) if the first NMD receives, during the delay time, an arbitration message indicating that the second NMD will respond, refrain from transmitting the arbitration message or (b) if the first NMD does not receive, during the delay time, an arbitration message indicating that the second NMD will respond, (i) transmit the arbitration message to the second NMD, and (ii) respond to the voice input.
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