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 …

Voice control of a media playback system

NAJ Millington, K Corbin, M Plagge - US Patent 9,947,316, 2018 - Google Patents
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 command which …

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 …

Hotword recognition

M Sharifi, JN Foerster - US Patent 9,928,840, 2018 - Google Patents
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer
storage medium, for receiving audio data corresponding to an utterance, determining that …

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 …

Audio response playback

JP Lang, M Plagge - US Patent 10,095,470, 2018 - Google Patents
A voice command may be received from a microphone device associated with a media
playback system comprising one or more zones. An audio response zone from the one or …

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 …

Networked microphone device control

M Kusano, D Wilberding, J Wenocur… - US Patent 10,264,030, 2019 - Google Patents
Systems and methods disclosed herein include, while a microphone of a first networked
microphone device is enabled, determining whether a first reference device is in a specific …