US 12,143,787 B2
Modifying and transferring audio between devices
Peter C. Tsoi, San Jose, CA (US); Adam S. Meyer, Cupertino, CA (US); Karlin Y. Bark, Menlo Park, CA (US); Matthew W. Brown, San Francisco, CA (US); and Sean B. Kelly, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/132,344.
Application 18/132,344 is a continuation of application No. 16/916,738, filed on Jun. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,653,148.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/877,091, filed on Jul. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0247360 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04L 65/60 (2022.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 3/12 (2013.01) [H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04S 7/307 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01); H04S 2400/13 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for transitioning audio, comprising:
transitioning audio playback from a first smart speaker to a second smart speaker, wherein transitioning the audio playback comprises:
decreasing a volume of audio outputted from the first smart speaker as a first distance between a person and the first smart speaker increases; and
increasing a volume of audio outputted from the second smart speaker as a second distance between the person and the second smart speaker decreases;
detecting, by a third smart speaker, the volume of the audio outputted from the second smart speaker exceeds a predetermined threshold level;
instructing, by the third smart speaker, the second smart speaker to modify its audio output; and
displaying, at a display of the third smart speaker, a visual indication that the third smart speaker has instructed the second smart speaker to modify its audio output.