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

Claim 2:
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the portable playback device comprises one or more microphones, and wherein the functions further comprise:
capturing a voice input via the one or more microphones;
processing the voice input via a native voice assistant;
while playing back the second audio stream via the at least one audio transducer, receiving, via the native voice assistant, a fourth audio stream, wherein the fourth audio stream is categorized as voice assistant audio having the second priority;
modifying playback of the earlier-received second audio stream based on the relative categories of the second and fourth audio streams, wherein modifying playback of the earlier-received second audio stream comprises ducking the second audio stream when the later-received fourth audio stream is categorized as voice assistant audio;
based on the third audio stream having a higher priority than the first audio stream, playing back the fourth audio stream concurrently with the ducked second audio stream via the at least one audio transducer; and
after the later-received fourth audio stream ends, stopping ducking of the second audio stream.