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

Claim 13:
14. The portable playback device of claim 13, wherein the portable playback device comprises one or more microphones, and 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:
capture a voice input via the one or more microphones;
process the voice input via a native voice assistant;
during playback of the second audio stream via the at least one audio transducer, receive, via the native voice assistant, a fourth audio stream, wherein the fourth audio stream is categorized as voice assistant audio having the second priority;
modify playback of the earlier-received second audio stream based on the relative categories of the second and fourth 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 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, play 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, stop ducking of the second audio stream.