ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,229, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Sonos Inc. (Santa Barbara, Calif.).
"Media playback based on sensor data" was invented by Jonathon Reilly (Cambridge, Mass.) and Niels Van Erven (Santa Barbara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example techniques relate to playback based on acoustic signals in a system including a first network device and a second network device. A first network device may detect a presence of a user using a camera and/or infrared sensors. The first network device sends, in response to detecting the presence of the user, a particular signal via the first network interface. The second network device receive...