PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15974374
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["381", "098000"]

Abstract:
An example method is performed by a media playback system comprising a plurality of audio drivers configured to output audio content according to a first radiation pattern that produces an inherent directional effect. Based on data indicating characteristics of a listening area in which the media playback system operates, the system determines first and second transfer functions corresponding to the first and second audio drivers, respectively. One or both of the transfer functions configure the first and second audio drivers to output audio content according to a second radiation pattern that produces a modified directional effect relative to the first radiation pattern. The system applies the transfer function to audio content thereby causing the first and second audio drivers to play back audio content according to the second radiation pattern.

Claim (Index 16):
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a media playback system comprising a network interface, a first audio driver, and a second audio driver, the first and second audio drivers configured to output audio content according to a first radiation pattern that produces an inherent directional effect, cause the media playback system to perform functions comprising:\n receiving, via the network interface, first data and second data representing first and second channels, respectively, of multi-channel audio content, wherein the first and second data comprises audio data over a range of frequencies; receiving third data indicating one or more characteristics of a listening area in which the media playback system operates; determining, based on the third data, a first transfer function corresponding to the first audio driver and a second transfer function corresponding to the second audio driver, wherein at least one of the first and second transfer functions configure the first and second audio drivers to output audio content according to a second radiation pattern that produces a modified directional effect relative to the first radiation pattern; generating a first audio output signal and a second audio output signal, wherein generating the first audio output signal comprises applying the first transfer function to the first and second data, and wherein generating the second audio output signal comprises applying the second transfer function to the first and second data; and providing the first audio output signal to the first audio driver and the second audio output signal to the second audio driver, thereby causing the first and second audio drivers to play back the multi-channel audio content according to the second radiation pattern.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.19355
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14557019', '15856791', '15676787', '15211835', '15927981']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6115976107399919
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4812206710763645
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5985599167736292
- Mean Citation Score: 167.08867
- Max Citation Score: 233.23723
- Similarity Product: 212.1625149895013

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test