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TOLOMEI JOHN
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SONOS INC
24 patentsUS11315556B2Apr 26, 2022
Devices, systems, and methods for distributed voice processing by transmitting sound data associated with a wake word to an appropriate device for identification
SONOS INC77 citations97
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Devices, systems, and methods for distributed voice processing
SONOS INC78 citations97
US11445301B2Sep 13, 2022
Portable playback devices with network operation modes
SONOS INC73 citations96
US10586540B1Mar 10, 2020
Network microphone device with command keyword conditioning
SONOS INC118 citations96
US11646023B2May 9, 2023
Devices, systems, and methods for distributed voice processing
SONOS INC38 citations94
US10587430B1Mar 10, 2020
Networked devices, systems, and methods for associating playback devices based on sound codes
SONOS INC13 citations94
US10466962B2Nov 5, 2019
Media playback system with voice assistance
SONOS INC11 citations92
US11361756B2Jun 14, 2022
Conditional wake word eventing based on environment
SONOS INC16 citations84
US11200894B2Dec 14, 2021
Network microphone device with command keyword eventing
SONOS INC12 citations84
US12250530B2Mar 11, 2025
Portable playback devices with network operation modes
SONOS INC2 citations73
US11893308B2Feb 6, 2024
Media playback system with concurrent voice assistance
SONOS INC1 citations73
US11538460B2Dec 27, 2022
Networked microphone devices, systems, and methods of localized arbitration
SONOS INC3 citations73
US11432030B2Aug 30, 2022
Networked devices, systems, and methods for associating playback devices based on sound codes
SONOS INC2 citations73
US11288039B2Mar 29, 2022
Media playback system with concurrent voice assistance
SONOS INC2 citations73
US11175888B2Nov 16, 2021
Media playback system with concurrent voice assistance
SONOS INC2 citations73
US11132989B2Sep 28, 2021
Networked microphone devices, systems, and methods of localized arbitration
SONOS INC2 citations73
US10606555B1Mar 31, 2020
Media playback system with concurrent voice assistance
SONOS INC2 citations73
US11501773B2Nov 15, 2022
Network microphone device with command keyword conditioning
SONOS INC3 citations71
US12210801B2Jan 28, 2025
Media playback system with concurrent voice assistance
SONOS INC0 citations62
US12170805B2Dec 17, 2024
Networked devices, systems, and methods for associating playback devices based on sound codes
SONOS INC0 citations62
US12165643B2Dec 10, 2024
Devices, systems, and methods for distributed voice processing
SONOS INC0 citations62
US11817083B2Nov 14, 2023
Networked microphone devices, systems, and methods of localized arbitration
SONOS INC0 citations62
US11778259B2Oct 3, 2023
Networked devices, systems and methods for associating playback devices based on sound codes
SONOS INC0 citations62
US11854547B2Dec 26, 2023
Network microphone device with command keyword eventing
SONOS INC0 citations61