Voice control of a media playback system

JP Lang, M Plagge, S Jarvis, R Kadri… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Multiple aspects of systems and methods for voice control and related features and
functionality for various embodiments of media playback devices, networked microphone …

Systems and methods of multiple voice services

K Hartung, D Giacobello - US Patent 11,183,181, 2021 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are example techniques to identify a voice service to process a voice input.
An example implementation may involve a network microphone device (NMD) receiving, via …

Multiple voice services

D Wilberding - US Patent 10,115,400, 2018 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are example techniques to identify a voice service to process a voice input.
An example implementation may involve an NMD receiving, via a microphone, voice data …

Arbitration-based voice recognition

S Beckhardt, T Lin - US Patent 10,181,323, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A first voice input is detected and a first measure of confidence associated
with the first voice input is deter mined. A message is received comprising a second …

Systems and methods for voice-assisted media content selection

S Liu, P Bates - US Patent 11,175,880, 2021 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods for media playback via a media playback system include (i)
capturing a voice input comprising a request for media content,(ii) receiving information …

Systems and methods of operating media playback systems having multiple voice assistant services

RR Myers, LRV Zayas, S Park - US Patent 11,183,183, 2021 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods for managing multiple voice assistants are disclosed. Audio
input is received via one or more microphones of a playback device. A first activation word is …

Contextualization of voice inputs

JP Lang, R Kadri, C Butts - US Patent 10,134,399, 2018 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are example techniques to provide contextual information corresponding
to a voice command. An example implementation may involve receiving voice data …

Three-dimensional beam forming with a microphone array

M Buoni, R Kadri, T Oishi - US Patent 10,511,904, 2019 - Google Patents
Systems and methods for three-dimensional beamforming disclosed herein include, among
other features (i) generating a set of received-sound beams by applying a plurality of sets of …

Voice detection by multiple devices

J Reilly, G Burlingame, C Butts, R Kadri… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are example techniques for voice detection by multiple NMDs. An example
implementation may involve one or more servers receiving, via a network interface, data …

Dynamic computation of system response volume

L Vega, L Pylypczak, R Lean - US Patent 10,445,057, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods disclosed herein include, determining that a requirement
exists to output a system response. In response to determining that a requirement exists to …