Patent ID: 11961519
Assignee: SONOS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 17:
18. A method carried out by a first networked microphone device, the method comprising:
receiving, via at least one microphone of the first networked microphone device, sound data;
determining, via a wake-word engine of the first networked microphone device, that at least a first portion of the sound data is representative of a wake word, wherein the wake-word engine is configured to receive as input the sound data via the at least one microphone;
determining that a second networked microphone device is available for processing of received sound data, wherein the first networked microphone device and the second networked microphone device are connected via a local data network;
based on determining that the first portion of the sound data is representative of the wake word and that the second networked microphone device is available for processing of received sound data, transmitting, by the first networked microphone device via a network interface of the first networked microphone device, the first portion of the sound data to the second networked microphone device;
begin determining, by the first networked microphone device, a command, based on at least a second portion of the sound data, to be performed by the first networked microphone device; and
receiving, from the second networked microphone device, an indication of whether the first portion of the sound data is representative of the wake word.