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SONOS, INC. Receives Patent for Advanced Wireless Headphones

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SONOS, INC., a company based in Goleta, California, has been assigned a patent developed by five inventors for systems and methods for controlling playback and other features of a wireless headphone. The patent, titled "Systems and methods for controlling playback and other features of a wireless headphone," provides a detailed description of wireless headphones with user controls and methods for using them. The invention includes a processor, a microphone, and user controls such as a voice assistant activator control, a volume slider, a play control slider, and a play-pause control.

Key Takeaways:

  • The patent, titled "Systems and methods for controlling playback and other features of a wireless headphone," provides a detailed description of wireless headphones with user controls and methods for using them.
  • The invention includes a processor, a microphone, and user controls such as a voice assistant activator control, a volume slider, a play control slider, and a play-pause control.
  • The processor is instructed to commence a voice assistant recognition routine when sound received by the microphone matches a wake word, and perform an action based on instructions returned from the voice assistant.
  • The volume of the headphone is updated to a higher volume when the volume slider is swiped, and skipping to a next track of a current media content occurs when the play control slider is swiped.
  • The play-pause control is used to toggle playback of the media content.
  • This patent was assigned to SONOS, INC. by the inventors Jodi Vautrin, Aki Laine, Dana Krieger, Philippe Vossel, and Vincent Shyu.
  • The application was initially filed on June 15, 2023.

Statistics:

  • The patent number is US 12401935 B2.
  • The invention includes a total of 10 user controls, which include: a voice assistant activator control, a volume slider, a play control slider, a play-pause control, and instructions configuring the processor.
  • The patent has five inventors: Jodi Vautrin, Aki Laine, Dana Krieger, Philippe Vossel, and Vincent Shyu.
  • The application was initially filed on June 15, 2023.

Sources:

  • US Patent and Trademark Office (US 12401935 B2, "Systems and methods for controlling playback and other features of a wireless headphone")

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