Patent ID: 11870475
Assignee: SONOS, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. The portable playback device of claim 12, wherein the data storage further comprises instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the portable playback device is configured to:
while playing back the first audio stream via the at least one audio transducer, receive, from the second source via the second network interface, a third audio stream, wherein the third audio stream is categorized as voice assistant audio having a second priority that is higher than the first priority of the content audio;
modify playback of the earlier-received first audio stream based on the relative categories of the first and third audio streams, wherein the instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the portable playback device is configured to modify playback of the earlier-received first audio stream comprise instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the portable playback device is configured to duck the first audio stream when the later-received third audio stream is categorized as voice assistant audio;
based on the third audio stream having a higher priority than the first audio stream, play back the third audio stream concurrently with the ducked first audio stream via the at least one audio transducer; and
after the later-received third audio stream ends, stop ducking of the first audio stream.