Mark A. Thomas

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San Francisco, CA, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Managing playback of multiple streams of audio over multiple speakers
- Patent number 12,170,875
- Issue date Dec 17, 2024
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Alan J. Seefeldt
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Acoustic zoning with distributed microphones
- Patent number 12,112,750
- Issue date Oct 8, 2024
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Mark R. P. Thomas
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Acoustic echo cancellation control for distributed audio devices
- Patent number 12,003,673
- Issue date Jun 4, 2024
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Glenn N. Dickins
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Adaptable spatial audio playback
- Patent number 12,003,946
- Issue date Jun 4, 2024
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Alan J. Seefeldt
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Coordination of audio devices
- Patent number 11,968,268
- Issue date Apr 23, 2024
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Glenn N. Dickins
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Methods, apparatus and systems for encoding and decoding of directi...
- Patent number 11,887,608
- Issue date Jan 30, 2024
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Nicolas R. Tsingos
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Selective interactivity
- Patent number 11,877,026
- Issue date Jan 16, 2024
- Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Steve Ariantaj
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Selective interactivity
- Patent number 11,665,394
- Issue date May 30, 2023
- Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Steve Ariantaj
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Methods and devices for bass management
- Patent number 11,477,601
- Issue date Oct 18, 2022
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Charles Q. Robinson
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Methods and devices for coding soundfield representation signals
- Patent number 11,322,164
- Issue date May 3, 2022
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Kristofer Kjoerling
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Grant
Methods, apparatus and systems for encoding and decoding of directi...
- Patent number 11,315,578
- Issue date Apr 26, 2022
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Nicolas R. Tsingos
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Methods, apparatus and systems for audio sound field capture
- Patent number 10,721,559
- Issue date Jul 21, 2020
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Mark R. P. Thomas
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Method and apparatus for processing signals of a spherical micropho...
- Patent number 10,021,508
- Issue date Jul 10, 2018
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Sven Kordon
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Conference room scheduling based on attendee locations
- Patent number 9,741,020
- Issue date Aug 22, 2017
- Google Inc.
- Justin H. Min
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Selective interactivity
- Patent number 9,414,114
- Issue date Aug 9, 2016
- Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC
- Steve Ariantaj
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Identity crowd-sourced curation
- Patent number 9,300,756
- Issue date Mar 29, 2016
- Google Inc.
- Sara Lee Su
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

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ACOUSTIC ZONING WITH DISTRIBUTED MICROPHONES
- Publication number 20250022465
- Publication date Jan 16, 2025
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Mark R. P. THOMAS
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
PERVASIVE ACOUSTIC MAPPING
- Publication number 20240381046
- Publication date Nov 14, 2024
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Mark R.P. THOMAS
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
ADAPTABLE SPATIAL AUDIO PLAYBACK
- Publication number 20240284136
- Publication date Aug 22, 2024
- Dobly Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Alan J. Seefeldt
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
COORDINATION OF AUDIO DEVICES
- Publication number 20240267469
- Publication date Aug 8, 2024
- Dobly Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Glenn N. DICKINS
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING OF DIRECTI...
- Publication number 20240212693
- Publication date Jun 27, 2024
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Nicolas R. Tsingos
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
AUDIBILITY AT USER LOCATION THROUGH MUTUAL DEVICE AUDIBILITY
- Publication number 20240187811
- Publication date Jun 6, 2024
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Mark R. P. Thomas
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Selective Interactivity
- Publication number 20240163510
- Publication date May 16, 2024
- Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Steve Ariantaj
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
COORDINATION OF AUDIO DEVICES
- Publication number 20240163340
- Publication date May 16, 2024
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Glenn N. Dickins
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
ORCHESTRATION OF ACOUSTIC DIRECT SEQUENCE SPREAD SPECTRUM SIGNALS F...
- Publication number 20240056757
- Publication date Feb 15, 2024
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Benjamin John SOUTHWELL
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
ORCHESTRATION OF ACOUSTIC DIRECT SEQUENCE SPREAD SPECTRUM SIGNALS F...
- Publication number 20240048931
- Publication date Feb 8, 2024
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Benjamin John SOUTHWELL
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
AUTOMATIC LOCALIZATION OF AUDIO DEVICES
- Publication number 20240022869
- Publication date Jan 18, 2024
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Daniel ARTEAGA
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
ACOUSTIC ECHO CANCELLATION CONTROL FOR DISTRIBUTED AUDIO DEVICES
- Publication number 20230319190
- Publication date Oct 5, 2023
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Glenn N. DICKINS
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
Selective Interactivity
- Publication number 20230239535
- Publication date Jul 27, 2023
- Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Steve Ariantaj
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
COORDINATION OF AUDIO DEVICES
- Publication number 20230208921
- Publication date Jun 29, 2023
- DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
- Glenn N. Dickins
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
MULTI-DEVICE WAKEWORD DETECTION
- Publication number 20220351724
- Publication date Nov 3, 2022
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Mark R. P. THOMAS
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
COORDINATION OF AUDIO DEVICES
- Publication number 20220345820
- Publication date Oct 27, 2022
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Glenn N. DICKINS
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
ACOUSTIC ZONING WITH DISTRIBUTED MICROPHONES
- Publication number 20220335937
- Publication date Oct 20, 2022
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Mark R. P. THOMAS
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
ADAPTABLE SPATIAL AUDIO PLAYBACK
- Publication number 20220337969
- Publication date Oct 20, 2022
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Alan J. Seefeldt
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING OF DIRECTI...
- Publication number 20220328052
- Publication date Oct 13, 2022
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Nicolas R. Tsingos
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
MANAGING PLAYBACK OF MULTIPLE STREAMS OF AUDIO OVER MULTIPLE SPEAKERS
- Publication number 20220272454
- Publication date Aug 25, 2022
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Alan J. SEEFELDT
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
MULTI-MODAL SMART AUDIO DEVICE SYSTEM ATTENTIVENESS EXPRESSION
- Publication number 20220270601
- Publication date Aug 25, 2022
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Christopher Graham HINES
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND DEVICES FOR BASS MANAGEMENT
- Publication number 20210345060
- Publication date Nov 4, 2021
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Charles Q. ROBINSON
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING OF DIRECTI...
- Publication number 20210118452
- Publication date Apr 22, 2021
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Nicolas R. Tsingos
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CODING SOUNDFIELD REPRESENTATION SIGNALS
- Publication number 20210050022
- Publication date Feb 18, 2021
- DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
- Kristofer KJOERLING
- G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information Patent Application
Methods, Apparatus and Systems for Audio Sound Field Capture
- Publication number 20190253794
- Publication date Aug 15, 2019
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Mark R. P. Thomas
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Selective Interactivity
- Publication number 20170118511
- Publication date Apr 27, 2017
- Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Steve Ariantaj
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SIGNALS OF A SPHERICAL MICROPHO...
- Publication number 20170070840
- Publication date Mar 9, 2017
- Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Sven KORDON
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Conference Room Scheduling Based on Attendee Locations
- Publication number 20150193739
- Publication date Jul 9, 2015
- Justin H. Min
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Selective Interactivity
- Publication number 20140282653
- Publication date Sep 18, 2014
- Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Steve Ariantaj
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
IDENTITY CROWD-SOURCED CURATION
- Publication number 20140095614
- Publication date Apr 3, 2014
- Google Inc.
- Sara Lee Su
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING

Mark A. Thomas

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Managing playback of multiple streams of audio over multiple speakers

Acoustic zoning with distributed microphones

Acoustic echo cancellation control for distributed audio devices

Adaptable spatial audio playback

Coordination of audio devices

Methods, apparatus and systems for encoding and decoding of directi...

Selective interactivity

Selective interactivity

Methods and devices for bass management

Methods and devices for coding soundfield representation signals

Methods, apparatus and systems for encoding and decoding of directi...

Methods, apparatus and systems for audio sound field capture

Method and apparatus for processing signals of a spherical micropho...

Conference room scheduling based on attendee locations

Selective interactivity

Identity crowd-sourced curation

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

ACOUSTIC ZONING WITH DISTRIBUTED MICROPHONES

PERVASIVE ACOUSTIC MAPPING

ADAPTABLE SPATIAL AUDIO PLAYBACK

COORDINATION OF AUDIO DEVICES

METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING OF DIRECTI...

AUDIBILITY AT USER LOCATION THROUGH MUTUAL DEVICE AUDIBILITY

Selective Interactivity

COORDINATION OF AUDIO DEVICES

ORCHESTRATION OF ACOUSTIC DIRECT SEQUENCE SPREAD SPECTRUM SIGNALS F...

ORCHESTRATION OF ACOUSTIC DIRECT SEQUENCE SPREAD SPECTRUM SIGNALS F...

AUTOMATIC LOCALIZATION OF AUDIO DEVICES

ACOUSTIC ECHO CANCELLATION CONTROL FOR DISTRIBUTED AUDIO DEVICES

Selective Interactivity

COORDINATION OF AUDIO DEVICES

MULTI-DEVICE WAKEWORD DETECTION

COORDINATION OF AUDIO DEVICES

ACOUSTIC ZONING WITH DISTRIBUTED MICROPHONES

ADAPTABLE SPATIAL AUDIO PLAYBACK

METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING OF DIRECTI...

MANAGING PLAYBACK OF MULTIPLE STREAMS OF AUDIO OVER MULTIPLE SPEAKERS

MULTI-MODAL SMART AUDIO DEVICE SYSTEM ATTENTIVENESS EXPRESSION

METHODS AND DEVICES FOR BASS MANAGEMENT

METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING OF DIRECTI...

METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CODING SOUNDFIELD REPRESENTATION SIGNALS

Methods, Apparatus and Systems for Audio Sound Field Capture

Selective Interactivity

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SIGNALS OF A SPHERICAL MICROPHO...

Conference Room Scheduling Based on Attendee Locations

Selective Interactivity

IDENTITY CROWD-SOURCED CURATION