Voice Control of a Media Playback System
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, via a networked microphone device associated with a media playback system, a voice command, wherein the media playback system comprises one or more zones;
determining, via the networked microphone device, an audio response zone that is closest to a user, wherein the determined audio response zone comprises one or more playback devices;
selecting, via the networked microphone device, the determined audio response zone to play the audio response; and
causing, via the networked microphone device, at least one playback device of the one or more playback devices of the selected audio response zone to play the audio response.
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Abstract
Multiple aspects of systems and methods for voice control and related features and functionality for various embodiments of media playback devices, networked microphone devices, microphone-equipped media playback devices, and speaker-equipped networked microphone devices are disclosed and described herein, including but not limited to designating and managing default networked devices, audio response playback, room-corrected voice detection, content mixing, music service selection, metadata exchange between networked playback systems and networked microphone systems, handling loss of pairing between networked devices, actions based on user identification, and other voice control of networked devices.
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11 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, via a networked microphone device associated with a media playback system, a voice command, wherein the media playback system comprises one or more zones; determining, via the networked microphone device, an audio response zone that is closest to a user, wherein the determined audio response zone comprises one or more playback devices; selecting, via the networked microphone device, the determined audio response zone to play the audio response; and causing, via the networked microphone device, at least one playback device of the one or more playback devices of the selected audio response zone to play the audio response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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