Granted Patent B2

US 12,360,736 · App. 18/614,845 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Inventor: Dayn Wilberding (Portland, OR)

Assignee: Sonos, Inc.

G06F3/165G10L25/51H04R27/00H04R2227/005H04R2430/01

Abstract

Claims (47)

1. A computing system comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium; and

program instructions stored on the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

cause a first playback device to play back generative media content in an environment;

while the first playback device is playing back the generative media content, determine contextual information associated with a change in playback configuration of a second playback device in the environment;

based on the contextual information, adjust one or more audio characteristics of the generative media content to generate adjusted generative media content, wherein the adjusted generative media content is adjusted to reduce an audio interference between the first playback device and the second playback device; and

cause the first playback device to play back the adjusted generative media content.

2. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to cause the first playback device to play back the generative media content comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

retrieve a set of media content samples comprising two or more media content samples from a database; and

mix at least the two or more media content samples to generate the generative media content.

3. The computing system of claim 2 , wherein each media content sample in the set of media content samples is associated with one or more tags corresponding to one or more media characteristics of the media content sample.

4. The computing system of claim 3 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to retrieve the set of media content samples comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

retrieve the two or more media content samples based on their corresponding one or more tags.

5. The computing system of claim 3 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to adjust the one or more characteristics of the generative media content to generate the adjusted generative media content comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

retrieve at least one additional media content sample associated with at least one additional tag; and

mix the at least one additional media content sample to generate the adjusted generative media content.

6. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the contextual information comprises information about a location of a user relative to the second playback device.

7. The computing system of claim 6 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to adjust the one or more audio characteristics of the generative media content to generate the adjusted generative media content comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

adjust one or more equalization settings of the generative media content when the location of the user is within a threshold distance of the second playback device to generate the adjusted generative media content.

8. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the contextual information comprises one or more of: a time of day, a geographic location, or a weather condition.

9. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to determine the contextual information comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing system is configured to:

receive an input indicating the contextual information.

10. The computing system of claim 9 , wherein the input corresponds to a mood indicated by a user.

11. The computing system of claim 9 , wherein the input corresponds to a physiological characteristic of a user.

12. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the computing system comprises one or more of: (i) the first playback device, (ii) the second playback device, (iii) a control device of a media playback system, or (iv) a computing device remote to the first playback device and second playback device that communicates with the first playback device and second playback device via a wireless communication interface.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium is provisioned with program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing system to:

cause a first playback device to play back generative media content in an environment;

while the first playback device is playing back the generative media content, determine contextual information associated with a change in playback configuration of a second playback device in the environment;

based on the contextual information, adjust one or more audio characteristics of the generative media content to generate adjusted generative media content, wherein the adjusted generative media content is adjusted to reduce an audio interference between the first playback device and the second playback device; and

cause the first playback device to play back the adjusted generative media content.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the computing system to cause the first playback device to play back the generative media content comprise program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the computing system to:

retrieve a set of media content samples comprising two or more media content samples from a database; and

mix at least the two or more media content samples to generate the generative media content.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein each media content sample in the set of media content samples is associated with one or more tags corresponding to one or more media characteristics of the media content sample.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the computing system to retrieve the set of media content samples comprise program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the computing system to:

retrieve the two or more media content samples based on their corresponding one or more tags.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the computing system to adjust the one or more characteristics of the generative media content to generate the adjusted generative media content comprise program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the computing system to:

retrieve at least one additional media content sample associated with at least one additional tag; and

mix the at least one additional media content sample to generate the adjusted generative media content.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the contextual information comprises information about a location of a user relative to the second playback device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the computing system comprises one or more of: (i) the first playback device, (ii) the second playback device, (iii) a control device of a media playback system, or (iv) a computing device remote to the first playback device and second playback device that communicates with the first playback device and second playback device via a wireless communication interface.

20. A method to be performed by a computing system, the method comprising:

causing a first playback device to play back generative media content in an environment;

while the first playback device is playing back the generative media content, determining contextual information associated with a change in playback configuration of a second playback device in the environment;

based on the contextual information, adjusting one or more audio characteristics of the generative media content to generate adjusted generative media content, wherein the adjusted generative media content is adjusted to reduce an audio interference between the first playback device and the second playback device; and

causing the first playback device to play back the adjusted generative media content.

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