Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voice control of a media playback system
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Application No.: US17087423Application Date: 2020-11-02
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Publication No.: US10971139B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Nicholas A. J. Millington , Keith Corbin , Mark Plagge
- Applicant: SONOS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Assignee: SONOS, INC.
- Current Assignee: SONOS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Main IPC: G10L15/18
- IPC: G10L15/18 ; G10L15/30 ; G10L15/22 ; G06F3/16 ; H04R27/00 ; G10L15/08

Abstract:
An example system is configured to cause a first playback device in a first playback zone to operate in a given playback state including play back of media items identified in a playback queue associated with the first playback zone. The system is also configured to, while the first playback device is operating in the given playback state, (i) receive data corresponding to a detected voice input including an indication of (a) a command word and (b) one or more zone variable instances and (ii) determine, based on the command word and the one or more zone variable instances, an intent to transfer the given playback state to a second playback zone. The system is also configured to transfer the given playback state to the second playback zone, thereby causing a second playback device in the second playback zone to play back the media items identified in the playback queue.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210050007A1 VOICE CONTROL OF A MEDIA PLAYBACK SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-02-18
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