Method and apparatus for adjusting a speaker system

• US 8,923,997 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2011
• Issued: 12/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Inventors: Kallai, Christopher, Ericson, Michael Darrell Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): MCCORD, PAUL C
• Application Number:
  US13/272,833
• Publication Number:
  US 20120096125A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,174 Days
• Field of Search: 700/94
• US Class Current: 700/94
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3006 where the computing system is distributed, e.g. networked systems, clusters, multiprocessor systems multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3419 by assessing time
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3476 Data logging G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/60 of audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/81 Threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/875 Monitoring of systems including the internet
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 5/005 of digital signals
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 5/025 Equalizers; Volume or gain control in limited frequency bands
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 5/165 Equalizers; Volume or gain control in limited frequency bands

Abstract

Certain embodiments provide methods and systems for managing a sound profile. An example method includes accessing a playback device on a network. The example method includes displaying a graphic interface to allow a user to adjust the sound profile, wherein the sound profile includes a plurality of parameters for user adjustment. The example method includes saving the sound profile. The example method includes processing an audio signal at the playback device according to the sound profile, wherein user adjustments to the sound profile are used to configure the playback device to process the audio signal upon saving the sound profile.

Claims

1. A method for managing a sound profile, the method comprising:

accessing, via a first device, a playback device on a local network;

receiving, at the first device via the local network, an indication that a sound profile is available at a location outside of the local network;

displaying, via the first device based on the received indication, a graphic interface to facilitate initiation of the playback device to obtain the sound profile; and

causing the playback device to (i) obtain the sound profile from the location outside of the local network and (ii) update one or more parameters at the playback device based on the sound profile, wherein the playback device is to process an audio signal according to the sound profile.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sound profile is to be shared with another user remotely located.

3. The method of claim 1, further including:

maintaining a plurality of sound profiles, each profile selectable by a user or a computer device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameters include at least one of band, frequency, equalizer and gain.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising facilitating review of the sound profile remotely via a web-based interface.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the sound profile is editable remotely via the web-based interface.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the sound profile is created to include a number of tuneable sections corresponding to a number of transducers in a speaker to be configured using the sound profile.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium including a set of instructions for execution by a computer device, the set of instructions, when executed, implementing a method for managing a sound profile, the method comprising:

accessing, via a first device, a playback device on a local network;

receiving, at the first device via the local network, an indication that a sound profile is available at a location outside of the local network;

displaying, via the first device based on the received indication, a graphic interface to facilitate initiation of the playback device to obtain the sound profile; and

causing the playback device to (i) obtain the sound profile from the location outside of the local network and (ii) update one or more parameters at the playback device based on the sound profile, wherein the playback device is to process an audio signal according to the sound profile.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the sound profile is to be shared with another user remotely located.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 8, further including:

maintaining a plurality of sound profiles, each profile selectable by a user or a computer device.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the parameters include at least one of band, frequency, equalizer and gain.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 8, further comprising facilitating review of the sound profile remotely via a web-based interface.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the sound profile is editable remotely via the web-based interface.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the sound profile is created to include a number of tuneable sections corresponding to a number of transducers in a speaker to be configured using the sound profile.

15. A speaker configuration system comprising:

a computing device including;

an application module to facilitate control functions for a playback device on a local network including access, via a first device, to a sound profile to configure the playback device; and

an interface to, based on receipt, at the first device via the local network, of an indication that a sound profile is available at a location outside of the local network, facilitate initiation of the playback device to obtain the sound profile,

wherein the computing device is to cause the playback device to (i) obtain the sound profile from the location outside of the local network and (ii) update one or more parameters at the playback device based on the sound profile, wherein the playback device is to process an audio signal according to the sound profile.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the computing device is to facilitate sharing of the sound profile with another user remotely located.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the computing device is to maintain a plurality of sound profiles, each profile selectable by a user or a computing device.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the parameters include at least one of band, frequency, equalizer and gain.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the interface comprises a web-based interface to facilitate review and editing of the sound profile remotely.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the sound profile is to include a number of tuneable sections corresponding to a number of transducers in a speaker to be configured using the sound profile.