US 12,438,977 B2
Do not disturb feature for audio notifications
Robert A. Lambourne, Santa Barbara, CA (US); and Nathan Fish, Ventura, CA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/649,847.
Application 18/649,847 is a continuation of application No. 18/157,937, filed on Jan. 23, 2023, granted, now 11,973,893.
Application 18/157,937 is a continuation of application No. 17/385,542, filed on Jul. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,563,842, issued on Jan. 24, 2024.
Application 17/385,542 is a continuation of application No. 16/177,185, filed on Oct. 31, 2018, granted, now 11,076,035, issued on Jul. 27, 2021.
Application 16/177,185 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/148,879, filed on Oct. 1, 2018, granted, now 10,797,667, issued on Oct. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/723,942, filed on Aug. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0357031 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 1/72415 (2021.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01); H04W 4/20 (2018.01)
CPC H04M 1/72415 (2021.01) [G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01); H04W 4/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device comprising:
at least one processor;
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to:
receive, from a control device of a media playback system, data indicating a do not disturb (DND) status for one or more playback devices in the media playback system, wherein:
the data indicating the DND status indicates at least one first playback device which is operating in a DND mode and at least one second playback device which is operating outside of the DND mode,
while operating outside the DND mode, the one or more playback devices are allowed to play back notifications from one or more network enabled devices associated with the media playback system, and
while operating in the DND mode, the one or more playback devices are not allowed to play back notifications from the one or more network enabled devices associated with the media playback system;
receive, from a network enabled device from the one or more network enabled devices associated with the media playback system, a message corresponding to a notification to be played back by the media playback system; and
based on the message and the data indicating the DND status, cause the at least one second playback device to play back an alert notification without causing the at least one first playback device to play back the alert notification.