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BECKHARDT STEVEN
US100 patents
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SONOS INC
45 patentsUS10614807B2Apr 7, 2020
Arbitration-based voice recognition
SONOS INC110 citations99
US10181323B2Jan 15, 2019
Arbitration-based voice recognition
SONOS INC127 citations99
US9654459B2May 16, 2017
Cloud queue synchronization protocol
SONOS INC22 citations98
US9537852B2Jan 3, 2017
Cloud queue access control
SONOS INC24 citations97
US9363254B2Jun 7, 2016
Cloud queue access control
SONOS INC32 citations97
US9648070B2May 9, 2017
Cloud queue access control
SONOS INC19 citations96
US11184721B2Nov 23, 2021
Playback device control
SONOS INC13 citations94
US10681463B1Jun 9, 2020
Wireless transmission to satellites for multichannel audio system
SONOS INC16 citations94
US9223862B2Dec 29, 2015
Remote storage and provisioning of local-media index
SONOS INC41 citations94
US9179197B2Nov 3, 2015
Methods and apparatus for multicast optimization
SONOS INC23 citations93
US9940091B2Apr 10, 2018
Playback according to playback responsibility in group
SONOS INC10 citations92
US9729599B2Aug 8, 2017
Cloud queue access control
SONOS INC14 citations92
US11743675B2Aug 29, 2023
Failure recovery of wearable playback device
SONOS INC4 citations86
US11178504B2Nov 16, 2021
Wireless multi-channel headphone systems and methods
SONOS INC9 citations86
US10621310B2Apr 14, 2020
Share restriction for curated playlists
SONOS INC12 citations86
US10666634B2May 26, 2020
Cloud queue access control
SONOS INC2 citations84
US10587693B2Mar 10, 2020
Mirrored queues
SONOS INC10 citations84
US10587602B2Mar 10, 2020
Cloud queue synchronization
SONOS INC4 citations84
US10560796B2Feb 11, 2020
Playback according to playback responsibility in group
SONOS INC5 citations84
US10425753B2Sep 24, 2019
Low-latency audio networking
SONOS INC8 citations84
US10271078B2Apr 23, 2019
Configuration of playback device audio settings
SONOS INC4 citations84
US10158619B2Dec 18, 2018
Cloud queue access control
SONOS INC5 citations84
US9942215B2Apr 10, 2018
Cloud queue synchronization protocol
SONOS INC3 citations84
US9681232B2Jun 13, 2017
Control of multiple playback devices
SONOS INC7 citations84
US9507560B2Nov 29, 2016
Device playback failure recovery and redistribution
SONOS INC4 citations84
US9400632B2Jul 26, 2016
Playback according to playback responsibility in stereo pair
SONOS INC3 citations84
US10331736B2Jun 25, 2019
Facilitating streaming media access via a media-item database
SONOS INC8 citations83
US11985376B2May 14, 2024
Playback of generative media content
SONOS INC3 citations74
US12481475B2Nov 25, 2025
Cloud queue synchronization
SONOS INC0 citations73
US12096187B2Sep 17, 2024
Playback device control
SONOS INC1 citations73
US12075226B2Aug 27, 2024
Wireless transmission to satellites for multichannel audio system
SONOS INC1 citations73
US11831627B2Nov 28, 2023
Cloud queue access control
SONOS INC1 citations73
US11765507B2Sep 19, 2023
Wireless transmission to satellites for multichannel audio system
SONOS INC1 citations73
US11727933B2Aug 15, 2023
Arbitration-based voice recognition
SONOS INC1 citations73
US11442689B2Sep 13, 2022
Dynamic bonding of playback devices
SONOS INC2 citations73
US11308961B2Apr 19, 2022
Arbitration-based voice recognition
SONOS INC3 citations73
US11284214B2Mar 22, 2022
Failure recovery of wearable playback device
SONOS INC2 citations73
US11140485B2Oct 5, 2021
Wireless transmission to satellites for multichannel audio system
SONOS INC3 citations73
US11122379B2Sep 14, 2021
Low-latency audio networking
SONOS INC1 citations73
US9864571B2Jan 9, 2018
Dynamic bonding of playback devices
SONOS INC3 citations73
US10747493B2Aug 18, 2020
Distributed provisioning of properties of operational settings of a media playback system
SONOS INC3 citations71
US12532138B2Jan 20, 2026
Low-latency audio networking
SONOS INC0 citations63
US12501340B2Dec 16, 2025
Data routing between devices in mesh networks
SONOS INC0 citations63
US12476718B2Nov 18, 2025
Playback device media item replacement
SONOS INC0 citations63
US12407756B2Sep 2, 2025
Mirrored queues
SONOS INC0 citations63
BECKHARDT STEVEN
2 patentsMILLINGTON NICHOLAS A J
1 patentPETERS JEFFREY M
1 patentBATES PAUL ANDREW
1 patentShowing the top 50 of 100 patents by PatentIndex Score.