Voice control of a media playback system

JP Lang, M Plagge, S Jarvis, R Kadri… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
2017-10-13 Assigned to Sonos, Inc reassignment Sonos, Inc ASSIGNMENT OF
ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: BATES, PAUL …

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) receiv ing, via …

Intelligent device user interactions

E Finkelstein, GL Caldwell - US Patent 11,100,384, 2021 - Google Patents
Intelligent assistant devices and methods for interacting with a user are disclosed. In some
examples, a method for interacting with a user comprises predicting suggested action (s) for …

Systems and methods for voice-assisted media content selection

S Liu, P Bates - US Patent 11,175,880, 2021 - Google Patents
Systems and methods for media playback via a media playback system include (i) capturing
a voice input com prising a request for media content,(ii) receiving informa tion derived at …

Voice control of a media playback system

NAJ Millington, K Corbin, M Plagge - US Patent 9,947,316, 2018 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A voice input comprising a command word, one or more media variable
instances, and one or more zone variable instances is received. A media playback system …

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 …

Intelligent digital assistant system

E Finkelstein, HYM Fung, O Solomon… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
To address the issues of handling conversations with mul tiple users, an intelligent digital
assistant system is provided. The system may include at least one microphone configured to …

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 of operating media playback systems having multiple voice assistant services

RR Myers, LRV Zayas, S Park - US Patent 11,183,183, 2021 - Google Patents
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 …

Intelligent assistant with intent-based information resolution

O Solomon, CB Quirk, HYM Fung… - US Patent 10,496,905, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method for use with a computing device is provided. The method may
include executing one or more programs of an intelligent digital assistant system at a …