Nicholas A. J Millington

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  • Santa Barbara, CA, US

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

  • Information Patent Grant

    Audio playback network joining

    • Patent number 12,177,278
    • Issue date Dec 24, 2024
    • SONOS, INC.
    • Nicholas A. J. Millington
    • H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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    Playback transitions

    • Patent number 12,143,788
    • Issue date Nov 12, 2024
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Dayn Wilberding
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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    Playback device control

    • Patent number 12,096,187
    • Issue date Sep 17, 2024
    • SONOS, INC.
    • Nicholas A. J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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    Playback device

    • Patent number 11,934,739
    • Issue date Mar 19, 2024
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A. J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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    Guess access to a media playback system

    • Patent number 11,907,610
    • Issue date Feb 20, 2024
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Paul Bates
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Wireless device connection

    • Patent number 11,909,588
    • Issue date Feb 20, 2024
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A. J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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    Playback device connection

    • Patent number 11,894,975
    • Issue date Feb 6, 2024
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A. J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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    Transition between network connections

    • Patent number 11,805,174
    • Issue date Oct 31, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Jeffrey M. Peters
    • H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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    Methods and apparatus for direct routing between nodes of networks

    • Patent number 11,743,183
    • Issue date Aug 29, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Jeffrey M. Peters
    • H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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    Voice control of a media playback system

    • Patent number 11,736,860
    • Issue date Aug 22, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Jonathan P. Lang
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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    Low-latency audio networking

    • Patent number 11,729,564
    • Issue date Aug 15, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Hrishikesh Gossain
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Audio playback network joining

    • Patent number 11,716,366
    • Issue date Aug 1, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A. J. Millington
    • H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • Information Patent Grant

    Playback transitions

    • Patent number 11,706,566
    • Issue date Jul 18, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Dayn Wilberding
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Adjusting volume levels

    • Patent number 11,650,784
    • Issue date May 16, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Robert A. Lambourne
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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    Adjusting volume levels

    • Patent number 11,635,935
    • Issue date Apr 25, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Robert A. Lambourne
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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    Synchronizing playback by media playback devices

    • Patent number 11,625,221
    • Issue date Apr 11, 2023
    • Nicholas A. J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Synchronizing playback by media playback devices

    • Patent number 11,556,305
    • Issue date Jan 17, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A. J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Adjusting volume levels

    • Patent number 11,550,536
    • Issue date Jan 10, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Robert A. Lambourne
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Playback device

    • Patent number 11,550,539
    • Issue date Jan 10, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A. J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Networked playback device

    • Patent number 11,531,517
    • Issue date Dec 20, 2022
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A. J Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Voice control of a media playback system

    • Patent number 11,514,898
    • Issue date Nov 29, 2022
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A. J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Guest access to a media playback system

    • Patent number 11,467,799
    • Issue date Oct 11, 2022
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Paul Bates
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Playback device connection

    • Patent number 11,456,928
    • Issue date Sep 27, 2022
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A. J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Track playback

    • Patent number 11,429,267
    • Issue date Aug 30, 2022
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Arthur L. Coburn
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Playback device connection

    • Patent number 11,418,408
    • Issue date Aug 16, 2022
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A. J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Playback device

    • Patent number 11,301,207
    • Issue date Apr 12, 2022
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A. J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Media player system

    • Patent number 11,294,618
    • Issue date Apr 5, 2022
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A. J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Voice control of a media playback system

    • Patent number 11,212,612
    • Issue date Dec 28, 2021
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Jonathan P. Lang
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Playback device

    • Patent number 11,200,025
    • Issue date Dec 14, 2021
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A. J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Detecting the nearest playback device

    • Patent number 11,188,294
    • Issue date Nov 30, 2021
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Dayn Wilberding
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

  • Information Patent Application

    Wireless Device Connection

    • Publication number 20240314023
    • Publication date Sep 19, 2024
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A.J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Voice Control of a Media Playback System

    • Publication number 20240244368
    • Publication date Jul 18, 2024
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Jonathan P. Lang
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Network Device for Media Playback

    • Publication number 20240187803
    • Publication date Jun 6, 2024
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A.J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Guess Access to a Media Playback System

    • Publication number 20240184509
    • Publication date Jun 6, 2024
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Paul Bates
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Transition Between Network Connections

    • Publication number 20240146811
    • Publication date May 2, 2024
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Jeffrey M. Peters
    • H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • Information Patent Application

    Low-Latency Audio Networking

    • Publication number 20240121565
    • Publication date Apr 11, 2024
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Hrishikesh Gossain
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Adjusting Volume Levels

    • Publication number 20240118863
    • Publication date Apr 11, 2024
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Robert A. Lambourne
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Synchronizing Playback by Media Playback Devices

    • Publication number 20240086144
    • Publication date Mar 14, 2024
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A.J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Audio Playback Network Joining

    • Publication number 20240073266
    • Publication date Feb 29, 2024
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A. J. Millington
    • H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • Information Patent Application

    PLAYBACK TRANSITIONS

    • Publication number 20240015439
    • Publication date Jan 11, 2024
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Dayn Wilberding
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    WIRELESS STREAMING OF AUDIO/VISUAL CONTENT AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS...

    • Publication number 20230403424
    • Publication date Dec 14, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Paul Bates
    • H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • Information Patent Application

    Data Routing Between Devices in Mesh Networks

    • Publication number 20230403230
    • Publication date Dec 14, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Jeffrey M. Peters
    • H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • Information Patent Application

    Playback Device

    • Publication number 20230367541
    • Publication date Nov 16, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A. J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Playback Transitions

    • Publication number 20230359427
    • Publication date Nov 9, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Dayn Wilberding
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Networked Playback Device

    • Publication number 20230297325
    • Publication date Sep 21, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A.J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Wireless Device Connection

    • Publication number 20230269133
    • Publication date Aug 24, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A.J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Speech Enhancement Based on Metadata Associated with Audio Content

    • Publication number 20230195783
    • Publication date Jun 22, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A.J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Guess Access to a Media Playback System

    • Publication number 20230125193
    • Publication date Apr 27, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Paul Bates
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Playback Transitions

    • Publication number 20230108506
    • Publication date Apr 6, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Dayn Wilberding
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Playback Device Connection

    • Publication number 20230080082
    • Publication date Mar 16, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A.J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Voice Control of a Media Playback System

    • Publication number 20230054164
    • Publication date Feb 23, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Jonathan P. Lang
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Wireless Streaming of Audio/Visual Content in a Home Theater Archit...

    • Publication number 20230023652
    • Publication date Jan 26, 2023
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A.J. Millington
    • H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • Information Patent Application

    PLAYBACK TRANSITIONS

    • Publication number 20220400342
    • Publication date Dec 15, 2022
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Dayn Wilberding
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Playback Device Control

    • Publication number 20220295202
    • Publication date Sep 15, 2022
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A.J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Playback Transitions

    • Publication number 20220261212
    • Publication date Aug 18, 2022
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Dayn Wilberding
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Synchronizing Playback by Media Playback Devices

    • Publication number 20220229631
    • Publication date Jul 21, 2022
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A.J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Adjusting Volume Levels

    • Publication number 20220214857
    • Publication date Jul 7, 2022
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Robert A. Lambourne
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Playback Device

    • Publication number 20220188064
    • Publication date Jun 16, 2022
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A. J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Synchronizing Playback by Media Playback Devices

    • Publication number 20220188068
    • Publication date Jun 16, 2022
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A.J. Millington
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
  • Information Patent Application

    Playback Devie

    • Publication number 20220091814
    • Publication date Mar 24, 2022
    • Sonos, Inc.
    • Nicholas A. J. Millington
    • G05 - CONTROLLING REGULATING