Adjusting a playback device

• US 9,734,243 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2014
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• 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:
  US14/552,049
• Publication Number:
  US 20150081072A1
• Time in Patent Office: 995 Days
• Field of Search: 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 playback device includes a network interface and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions executable by the processor. When executed by the processor, the instructions are to configure the playback device to receive, via the network interface over a local area network (LAN) from a controller device, an instruction. The example playback device is to obtain, based on the instruction, via the network interface from a location outside of the LAN, data comprising a sound profile. The example playback device is to update one or more parameters at the playback device based on the sound profile. The example playback device is to play back an audio signal according to the sound profile.

Claims

1. A playback device comprising:

one or more processors;

a network interface; and

tangible, non-transitory computer readable storage media having stored therein instructions executable by the one or more processors, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the playback device to perform functions comprising;

receiving, via the network interface over a local area network (LAN) from a controller device, an instruction to obtain a sound profile for the playback device from a location outside of the LAN;

in response to receiving the instruction to obtain a sound profile for the playback device from a location outside of the LAN, (i) obtaining the sound profile via the network interface from a location outside of the LAN, and (ii) updating one or more audio playback parameters at the playback device based on the sound profile received from the location outside of the LAN;

after updating the one or more audio playback parameters at the playback device based on the sound profile, receiving a command to playback audio from the controller device; and

in response to receiving the command to playback audio, playing back an audio signal according to the sound profile.

2. The playback device of claim 1, wherein the audio playback parameters comprise at least one of band, frequency, equalizer, and gain.

3. The playback device of claim 1, wherein the audio playback parameters comprise at least one of quality factor, delay, phase, limiter, release, softclip, and release.

4. The playback device of claim 1, wherein the instruction comprises an identification of the location outside of the LAN.

5. The playback device of claim 1, wherein obtaining the sound profile via the network interface from the location outside of the LAN comprises obtaining, via the network interface from the location outside of the LAN over the Internet, data comprising the sound profile.

6. The playback device of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the playback device to perform further functions comprising:

saving data comprising the sound profile.

7. The playback device of claim 6, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the playback device to perform further functions comprising:

transmitting, via the network interface over the LAN to another playback device within the LAN, data comprising the sound profile.

8. The playback device of claim 6, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the playback device to perform further functions comprising:

transmitting, via the network interface to another playback device outside of the LAN, data comprising the sound profile.

9. The playback device of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the playback device to perform further functions comprising:

receiving, via the network interface over a LAN from the controller device, an instruction to adjust at least one of the one or more audio playback parameters.

10. A method comprising:

receiving, via a network interface over a local area network (LAN) from a controller device, an instruction to obtain a sound profile for a playback device;

in response to receiving the instruction to obtain a sound profile from a location outside of the LAN, (i) obtaining the sound profile via the network interface from a location outside of the LAN and (ii) updating one or more audio playback parameters at the playback device based on the sound profile received from the location outside of the LAN;

after updating the one or more audio playback parameters at the playback device based on the sound profile, receiving a command to playback audio; and

in response to receiving the command to playback audio, playing back an audio signal according to the sound profile.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the audio playback parameters comprise at least one of band, frequency, equalizer, quality factor, delay, phase, limiter, release, softclip, and release gain.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the instruction comprises an identification of the location outside of the LAN.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein obtaining the sound profile via the network interface from the location outside of the LAN comprises obtaining, via the network interface from the location outside of the LAN over the Internet, data comprising the sound profile.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

saving data comprising the sound profile; and

transmitting, via the network interface over the LAN to another playback device within the LAN, data comprising the sound profile.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

saving data comprising the sound profile; and

transmitting, via the network interface to another playback device outside of the LAN, the data comprising the sound profile.

16. A tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium including a set of instructions for execution by a playback device, wherein the set of instructions, when executed by the playback device, causes the playback device to implement a method for managing a sound profile, the method comprising:

receiving, via a network interface over a local area network (LAN) from a controller device, an instruction to obtain a sound profile for the playback device;

in response to receiving the instruction to obtain a sound profile from a location outside of the LAN, (i) obtaining the sound profile via the network interface from a location outside of the LAN and (ii) updating one or more audio playback parameters at the playback device based on the sound profile received from the location outside of the LAN;

after updating the one or more audio playback parameters at the playback device based on the sound profile, receiving a command to playback audio; and

in response to receiving the command to playback audio, playing back an audio signal according to the sound profile.

17. The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the audio playback parameters comprise at least one of band, frequency, equalizer, quality factor, delay, phase, limiter, release, softclip, and release gain.

18. The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the instruction comprises an identification of the location outside of the LAN.

19. The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein obtaining the sound profile via the network interface from the location outside of the LAN comprises obtaining, via the network interface from the location outside of the LAN over the Internet, data comprising the sound profile.

20. The tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, the method further comprising:

saving data comprising the sound profile; and

transmitting, via the network interface over the LAN to another playback device within the LAN, the data comprising the sound profile.