Patent ID: 11941321
Assignee: SONOS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 3:
4. The first playback device of claim 3, wherein the ambient noise in the environment of the first playback device includes at least one voice;
wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the first playback device is configured to cause the first playback device to reduce the volume setting for the particular frequency range for playing back the audio content comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the first playback device is configured to cause the first playback device to reduce the volume setting for the particular frequency range, wherein the particular frequency range at least partially overlaps with a frequency range of the at least one voice; and
wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the first playback device is configured to cause the second playback device to reduce the volume setting for the particular frequency range for playing back the audio content comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the first playback device is configured to cause the second playback device to reduce the volume setting for the particular frequency range for playing back the audio content, wherein the partial frequency range at least partially overlaps with the frequency range of the at least one voice.