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Granted Patent B2
US 12,375,052 · App. 18/048,034 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Audio notifications

Inventors: Nathan Fish (Santa Barbara, CA); Daniel Casimiro (Santa Barbara, CA)
Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
H03G3/3026G06F3/165G06F3/167G06F9/546H04L51/224H04N21/43615H04N21/4825H04R2430/01
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Patent No.
US 12,375,052
App. No.
18/048,034
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for a playback device outputting an audio alert from a network-enabled device include (i) while the playback device is playing back audio content, receiving an alert communication from the network-enabled device, the alert communication including (a) an audio notification identifier that identifies an audio notification and (b) a priority identifier that identifies a priority level of the audio notification; (ii) responsive to receiving the alert communication, adding the audio notification to a notification queue at a particular queue position, where the particular queue position of the audio notification in the notification queue is based on the priority level of the audio notification relative to other audio content in the notification queue; (iii) adjusting playback of the audio content for playing back the audio notification; and (iv) the playback device playing back the audio notification.

Claims (43)

1. A playback device of a media playback system, the playback device comprising:

a network interface;

one or more speaker drivers;

one or more processors; and

a housing, the housing carrying at least the network interface, the one or more speaker drivers, the one or more processors, and tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media comprising instructions that are executable by the one or more processors such that the playback device is configured to:

receive, via the network interface, an alert communication from a device, wherein the alert communication: (i) corresponds to an audio notification to be played back by one or more playback devices in the media playback system, and (ii) comprises an indication identifying at least one particular playback device in the media playback system for playback of the audio notification, wherein the indication identifies the playback device and at least one second playback device of the media playback system, and wherein the playback device and the at least one second playback device are configured to play back different media content;

after receiving the alert communication:

add the audio notification to a notification queue, wherein the playback device is configured to play back media content from a playback queue, and wherein the playback queue is separate from the notification queue;

play back the audio notification in accordance with the notification queue via the one or more speaker drivers; and

cause the at least one second playback device to play back, in synchrony with the playback device, the audio notification via respective one or more second speaker drivers of the at least one second playback device.

2. The playback device of claim 1 , wherein:

adding the audio notification to the notification queue comprises adding the audio notification at a particular queue position; and

the particular queue position is based on a priority level of the audio notification relative to other audio notifications in the notification queue.

3. The playback device of claim 1 , wherein playing back the audio notification in accordance with the notification queue comprises adjusting playback of the media content in the playback queue for playing back the audio notification in the notification queue.

4. The playback device of claim 1 , wherein the device comprises one or more of: a control device of the media playback system, a local computing device, a remote computing device, a second playback device, a non-playback device, a server, or a network-enabled device connected to the playback device via a local area network.

5. The playback device of claim 1 , wherein receiving the alert communication from the device comprises receiving the alert communication via at least one intermediary computing device.

6. The playback device of claim 5 , wherein the at least one intermediary computing device comprises one or more of: a server associated with the playback device, or a server associated with the device.

7. The playback device of claim 1 , wherein causing the at least one second playback device to play back the audio notification comprises causing the at least one second playback device to play back the audio notification in accordance with the notification queue.

8. The playback device of claim 1 , wherein causing the at least one second playback device to play back the audio notification in synchrony with the playback device comprises causing the at least one second playback device to play back the audio notification while the playback device is playing back first media content and the at least one second playback device is one of: (i) not playing back any other media content, or (ii) playing back second media content different from the first media content.

9. The playback device of claim 1 , wherein causing the at least one second playback device to play back the audio notification comprises causing the at least one second playback device to:

add the audio notification to a second notification queue; and

play back the audio notification in accordance with the second notification queue via the one or more second speaker drivers.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by one or more processors to cause a playback device of a media playback system to perform functions comprising:

receiving, via a network interface of the playback device, an alert communication from a device, wherein the alert communication: (i) corresponds to an audio notification to be played back by one or more playback devices in the media playback system, and (ii) comprises an indication identifying at least one particular playback device in the media playback system for playback of the audio notification, wherein the indication identifies the playback device and at least one second playback device of the media playback system, and wherein the playback device and the at least one second playback device are configured to play back different media content;

after receiving the alert communication:

adding the audio notification to a notification queue, wherein the playback device is configured to play back media content from a playback queue, and wherein the playback queue is separate from the notification queue;

playing back the audio notification in accordance with the notification queue via one or more speaker drivers of the playback device; and

causing the at least one second playback device to play back, in synchrony with the playback device, the audio notification via respective one or more second speaker drivers of the at least one second playback device.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein:

adding the audio notification to the notification queue comprises adding the audio notification at a particular queue position; and

the particular queue position is based on a priority level of the audio notification relative to other audio notifications in the notification queue.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein playing back the audio notification in accordance with the notification queue comprises adjusting playback of the media content in the playback queue for playing back the audio notification in the notification queue.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the device comprises one or more of: a control device of the media playback system, a local computing device, a remote computing device, a second playback device, a non-playback device, a server, or a network-enabled device connected to the playback device via a local area network.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein receiving the alert communication from the device comprises receiving the alert communication via at least one intermediary computing device.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the at least one intermediary computing device comprises one or more of: a server associated with the playback device, or a server associated with the device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein causing the at least one second playback device to play back the audio notification comprises causing the at least one second playback device to play back the audio notification in accordance with the notification queue.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein causing the at least one second playback device to play back the audio notification in synchrony with the playback device comprises causing the at least one second playback device to play back the audio notification while the playback device is playing back first media content and the at least one second playback device is one of: (i) not playing back any other media content, or (ii) playing back second media content different from the first media content.

18. A method to be performed by a playback device of a media playback system, the method comprising:

receiving, via a network interface of the playback device, an alert communication from a device, wherein the alert communication: (i) corresponds to an audio notification to be played back by one or more playback devices in the media playback system, and (ii) comprises an indication identifying at least one particular playback device in the media playback system for playback of the audio notification, wherein the indication identifies the playback device and at least one second playback device of the media playback system, and wherein the playback device and the at least one second playback device are configured to play back different media content;

after receiving the alert communication:

adding the audio notification to a notification queue, wherein the playback device is configured to play back media content from a playback queue, and wherein the playback queue is separate from the notification queue;

playing back the audio notification in accordance with the notification queue via one or more speaker drivers of the playback device; and

causing the at least one second playback device to play back, in synchrony with the playback device, the audio notification via respective one or more second speaker drivers of the at least one second playback device.

Assignments (2)
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 Jun 25, 2025
From: FISH, NATHAN; CASIMIRO, DANIEL
To: SONOS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071521/0565 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16947895 · Aug 24, 2020
Continuation 16148879 · Oct 1, 2018
Provisional Application 62723942 · Aug 28, 2018
Related Publication 20230170865A1 · Jun 1, 2023
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