HEADLESS DEVICE INSTALLATIONS
    21.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200274933A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-27

    申请号:US16648809

    申请日:2017-10-09

    Inventor: David H. Hanes

    Abstract: A system for installing a plurality of headless devices may include a scanning device to scan for the plurality of headless devices and an installation module executable on a processing device. The installation module detects a first headless device of the plurality of headless devices based on data received from the scanning device, and communicatively couples the first headless device to a network. The system may also include a memory device to store network data relating to the coupling of the first headless device to the network. The scanning device is to scan for at least a second headless device of the plurality of headless devices. Further, the installation module is to couple the second headless device to the network based on the stored network data.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE MICROPHONE LISTENING MODES
    22.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190132694A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-02

    申请号:US16095693

    申请日:2016-04-21

    Abstract: A wide range, non-focused listening mode of a microphone of an electronic device can be set to be selectively less than a maximal range around the device. The microphone can be operated in the wide range, non-focused listening mode to detect a spoken trigger phrase. The microphone can then be operated in a narrow range, focused listening mode directed towards a location from which the spoken trigger phrase was detected in the wide range, non-focused listening mode.

    AUDIO INTERFACE FOR MULTIPLE MICROPHONES AND SPEAKER SYSTEMS TO INTERFACE WITH A HOST

    公开(公告)号:US20190124442A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-25

    申请号:US16091547

    申请日:2016-04-05

    Inventor: David H. Hanes

    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium includes instructions that, when executed by a processor, provide an audio interface to: communicate with an operating system of a host computer as a single audio device; accept audio input from multiple microphones; and provide an option to provide audio output to multiple speaker systems. A method includes: interacting with an operating system of a host computer using an audio interface, the audio interface appearing to the operating system as a single audio device; accepting audio input with the audio interface from multiple microphones; and providing an option to provide audio output with the audio interface to multiple speaker systems.

    System having an apparatus that uses a resource on an external device

    公开(公告)号:US10102213B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-16

    申请号:US14248133

    申请日:2014-04-08

    Abstract: A system comprises a media player to receive a removable medium. The media player to include logic and to couple to a display device and to a device external to said media player. The external device includes storage. The media player is to cause information to be downloaded onto the external device's storage. The information to be used by said media player when playing content from said removable medium. After receiving the removable medium, the logic is to determine whether an update is available on the network for the information. The logic is to provide access to the information once stored in the external device's storage.

    Headless device installations
    27.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11477297B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-18

    申请号:US16648809

    申请日:2017-10-09

    Inventor: David H. Hanes

    Abstract: A method of installing a plurality of headless devices includes: scanning for the plurality of headless devices that are to be initially installed and are not yet connected to any network; detecting a first headless device of the plurality of headless devices; communicatively coupling the first headless device to a network; and storing network data relating to the coupling of the first headless device to the network in a storage device. The method further includes scanning for a subsequent headless device of the plurality of headless devices; and determining if the subsequent headless device is to be communicatively coupled to the network using the stored network data. In response to a determination that the subsequent headless device is to be communicatively coupled to the network, the method includes using the stored network data, communicatively coupling the subsequent headless device to the network using the stored network data without user input of the network data; and then deleting the network data relating to the coupling of the first headless device to the network from the storage device when a last headless device has been connected to the network.

    Communication apparatuses
    28.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11367436B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-21

    申请号:US16074280

    申请日:2016-09-27

    Abstract: In one example of the disclosure, a communication apparatus includes a first microphone. The communication apparatus is to be wirelessly and contemporaneously connected to a set of microphones including the first microphone. The communication apparatus is to receive microphone data from each microphone of the set of microphones, wherein the microphone data is indicative of a user spoken phrase captured by the set of microphones. The communication apparatus is to establish based on the received microphone data a selected microphone from among the set of microphones.

    Alerting users to events
    29.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11228828B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-18

    申请号:US16076382

    申请日:2017-07-14

    Abstract: Headphones includes a pair of cups, each housing a speaker to be positioned over an ear of a user, a microphone, a processor, an actuator to move a member of at least one of the cups to uncover at least a portion of the ear of the user to expose the user to ambient sound, a user control to active a training mode of the headphones in which the processor operates the microphone to record relevant sounds occurring when the training mode is activated, the processor to subsequently analyze ambient sounds external to the headphones that are received by the microphone and compare those ambient sounds to the recorded relevant sounds and the processor to selectively activate the actuator to uncover at least a portion of the ear of the user to expose the user to ambient sound in response to determining that the ambient sounds match the relevant sounds.

    Remote device configurations
    30.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11169955B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-09

    申请号:US16494747

    申请日:2017-04-05

    Abstract: In one example, a system for remote device configurations can include a mobile computing device to: determine configuration information for a remote device, generate a configuration file based on a plurality of inputs corresponding to the configuration information of the remote device, transmit the configuration file to the remote device, and the remote device to alter a plurality of settings based on the received configuration file.

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