US 12,003,950 B2
Environmental condition based spatial audio presentation
Arthur Charles Tomlin, Kirkland, WA (US); Kendall Clark York, Bellevue, WA (US); Jeffrey Sipko, Kirkland, WA (US); Adolfo Hernandez Santisteban, Bothell, WA (US); Aaron Daniel Krauss, Snoqualmie, WA (US); and Andrew Frederick Muehlhausen, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/660,671.
Application 17/660,671 is a continuation of application No. 16/884,284, filed on May 27, 2020, granted, now 11,343,633.
Application 16/884,284 is a continuation of application No. 15/922,791, filed on Mar. 15, 2018, granted, now 10,694,311, issued on Jun. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0256304 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. H04S 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04S 7/303 (2013.01) [G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04S 3/008 (2013.01); H04S 2400/01 (2013.01); H04S 2400/11 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spatial audio output device, comprising:
one or more audio speakers;
a communication subsystem;
a logic machine; and
a storage machine holding instructions executable by the logic machine to:
receive, via the communication subsystem, a device-specific subset of audio tracks for a dynamic audio object in an environment, wherein the device-specific subset of audio tracks are received as a stream from a server;
receive, via the communications subsystem, a synchronizing signal indicating a timing of audio playback initiation; and
initiating playback of the device-specific subset of audio tracks based on the synchronizing signal.