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US 12,167,062 · App. 18/671,834 · Granted Dec 10, 2024

Blockchain data based on synthetic content generation

Inventors: Dayn Wilberding (Portland, OR); Gregory McAllister (London, GB); Ryan Michael Bello (Sammamish, WA); Christopher D. Butts (Evanston, IL)
Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
H04N21/26258H04N21/42201H04N21/43615H04N21/44218H04N21/835
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Patent No.
US 12,167,062
App. No.
18/671,834
Granted
Dec 10, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Generative media content (e.g., generative audio) can be dynamically generated based on various inputs, which can include blockchain data. A playback device accesses blockchain data stored via a distributed ledger and generates media content based at least in part on the blockchain data. The playback device can access a library of pre-existing media segments and arrange a selection of pre-existing media segments from the library for playback according to a generative media content model and based at least in part on the blockchain data. The generated media content can then be played back via the playback device.

Claims (37)

1. A computing system, comprising:

a network interface;

one or more processors:

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to performing operations comprising:

receiving, via the network interface, first data comprising one or more input parameters;

generating, based on the received first data, synthetic content via one or more machine learning models;

storing, via a blockchain-based distributed ledger, second data associated with the generation of the synthetic content via the one or more machine learning models; and

transmitting, via the network interface, the generated synthetic content for output to a network device.

2. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the first data corresponds to voice data.

3. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the first data corresponds to sensor data received via one or more sensors.

4. The computing system of claim 3 , wherein the sensor data comprises at least one of: audio sensor data, image sensor data, or biometric sensor data.

5. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises pre-existing media content.

6. The computing system of claim 5 , wherein the pre-existing media content comprises at least one of: audio content, video content, image content, tactile content, or text content.

7. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the first data is received from the network device over at least one of: a local area network, a wide area network, or a cellular telecommunications network.

8. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises one or more seed parameters.

9. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the network device is a second network device, and wherein the first data is received via a first network device.

10. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises data corresponding to text, and wherein the generated synthetic content comprises at least one of: audio content, image content, video content, text content, or tactile content.

11. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the second data comprises a non-fungible token (NFT).

12. The computing system of claim 11 , wherein the blockchain-based distributed ledger comprises a private blockchain.

13. The computing system of claim 11 , wherein the second data corresponds to at least one of the one or more input parameters.

14. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the second data comprises data associated with one or more model parameters corresponding to the one or more machine learning models.

15. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more machine learning models comprise a first machine learning model, and wherein the second data comprises data corresponding to model parameters associated with the first machine learning model.

16. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more machine learning models comprises a smart contract.

17. The computing system of claim 16 , wherein the first data comprises blockchain data.

18. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises data associated with access to the one or more machine learning models.

19. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the network device comprises a server or other computing device that stores the blockchain-based distributed ledger, and wherein the generated synthetic content comprises generated blockchain data.

20. The computing system of claim 19 , wherein the generated blockchain data comprises a non-fungible token (NFT).

21. The computing system of claim 19 , wherein the generated blockchain data comprises a smart contract.

22. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the generated synthetic content comprises at least one of: audio content, image content, video content, text content, or tactile content.

23. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein first data comprises a first type of media content, wherein the generated synthetic content comprises a second type of media content, and wherein the second type of media content is different from the first type of media content.

24. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more machine learning models comprises a first machine learning model configured to output a first type of media content and a second machine learning model configured to output a second type of media content, and wherein the generated synthetic content comprises a mixture of the outputs of the first and second machine learning models.

25. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises pre-existing media content and wherein the generated synthetic content comprises a combination of the pre-existing media content and novel generative content.

26. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the network device comprises a wearable playback device, and wherein the first data comprises data corresponding to a sensor carried by the wearable playback device.

27. The computing system of claim 26 , wherein the second data corresponds to data associated with at least one of: a user of the wearable playback device, a wearable playback device characteristic, or a transaction history associated with the user or the wearable playback device.

28. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise storing data corresponding to the first data on the blockchain-based distributed ledger.

29. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises data indicating a user or human presence.

30. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the first data corresponds to a transaction history associated with the network device.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2026
From: SONOS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 074533/0615 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2024
From: WILBERDING, DAYN; MCALLISTER, GREGORY
To: SONOS, INC.
Reel/Frame 069080/0459 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2024
From: BELLO, RYAN MICHAEL; BUTTS, CHRISTOPHER D.
To: SONOS, INC.
Reel/Frame 069080/0584 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2023066776 · May 9, 2023
Provisional Application 63364931 · May 18, 2022
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