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Steven Beckhardt
Also filed as: BECKHARDT STEVEN · BECKHARDT STEVEN R · BECKHARDT STEVEN ROBERT
113 granted patents·24 pending applications·2,190 citations·filing 1995–2025
99Inventor score
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137 records- 0199US10614807B2Arbitration-based voice recognitionSONOS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 7, 2020·110 cites·20 claims
- 0299US10181323B2Arbitration-based voice recognitionSONOS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 15, 2019·127 cites·20 claims
- 0398US11743675B2Failure recovery of wearable playback deviceSONOS INC·Filed 2022·Granted Aug 29, 2023·4 cites·20 claims
- 0498US9654459B2Cloud queue synchronization protocolSONOS INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 16, 2017·22 cites·33 claims
- 0598US9537852B2Cloud queue access controlSONOS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 3, 2017·24 cites·21 claims
- 0698US9363254B2Cloud queue access controlSONOS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 7, 2016·32 cites·20 claims
- 0797US9729599B2Cloud queue access controlSONOS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 8, 2017·14 cites·20 claims
- 0897US9648070B2Cloud queue access controlSONOS INC·Filed 2016·Granted May 9, 2017·19 cites·20 claims
- 0997US9223862B2Remote storage and provisioning of local-media indexSONOS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 29, 2015·41 cites·20 claims
- 1097US8971546B2Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to control audio playback devicesMILLINGTON NICHOLAS A J·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 3, 2015·34 cites·15 claims
- 1197US8903526B2Device playback failure recovery and redistributionBECKHARDT STEVEN ROBERT·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 2, 2014·224 cites·21 claims
- 1297US6085166AElectronic calendar with group scheduling and asynchronous fan out methodIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Jul 4, 2000·407 cites·16 claims
- 1396US11184721B2Playback device controlSONOS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 23, 2021·13 cites·20 claims
- 1496US10681463B1Wireless transmission to satellites for multichannel audio systemSONOS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 9, 2020·16 cites·20 claims
- 1596US10621310B2Share restriction for curated playlistsSONOS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 14, 2020·12 cites·18 claims
- 1696US9247492B2Systems and methods for multi-network audio controlMILLINGTON NICHOLAS A J·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 26, 2016·30 cites·21 claims
- 1796US9179197B2Methods and apparatus for multicast optimizationSONOS INC·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 3, 2015·23 cites·19 claims
- 1895US10425753B2Low-latency audio networkingSONOS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 24, 2019·8 cites·17 claims
- 1995US9940091B2Playback according to playback responsibility in groupSONOS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 10, 2018·10 cites·20 claims
- 2095US6138124AField level replication methodIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 24, 2000·184 cites·6 claims
- 2194US11985376B2Playback of generative media contentSONOS INC·Filed 2023·Granted May 14, 2024·3 cites·20 claims
- 2294US11308961B2Arbitration-based voice recognitionSONOS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Apr 19, 2022·3 cites·20 claims
- 2394US11178504B2Wireless multi-channel headphone systems and methodsSONOS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 16, 2021·9 cites·19 claims
- 2494US11140485B2Wireless transmission to satellites for multichannel audio systemSONOS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Oct 5, 2021·3 cites·20 claims
- 2594US10587602B2Cloud queue synchronizationSONOS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 10, 2020·4 cites·20 claims
- 2694US10158619B2Cloud queue access controlSONOS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 18, 2018·5 cites·20 claims
- 2794US9237384B2Automatic configuration of household playback devicesBECKHARDT STEVEN·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 12, 2016·15 cites·20 claims
- 2894US9031255B2Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to provide low-latency audioBECKHARDT STEVEN·Filed 2012·Granted May 12, 2015·14 cites·24 claims
- 2994US5787441AMethod of replicating data at a field levelIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 28, 1998·175 cites·25 claims
- 3093US12075226B2Wireless transmission to satellites for multichannel audio systemSONOS INC·Filed 2023·Granted Aug 27, 2024·1 cites·20 claims
- 3193US10560796B2Playback according to playback responsibility in groupSONOS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 11, 2020·5 cites·20 claims
- 3293US9191699B2Systems and methods for connecting an audio controller to a hidden audio networkAGERBAK MICHAEL·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 17, 2015·35 cites·20 claims
- 3393US7082402B2Electronic calendar with group scheduling and storage of user and resource profilesIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Jul 25, 2006·268 cites·37 claims
- 3491US9521074B2Methods and apparatus for direct routing between nodes of networksPETERS JEFFREY M·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 13, 2016·20 cites·17 claims
- 3590US11727933B2Arbitration-based voice recognitionSONOS INC·Filed 2022·Granted Aug 15, 2023·1 cites·20 claims
- 3690US10587693B2Mirrored queuesSONOS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 10, 2020·10 cites·23 claims
- 3790US10271078B2Configuration of playback device audio settingsSONOS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 23, 2019·4 cites·21 claims
- 3890US9942215B2Cloud queue synchronization protocolSONOS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 10, 2018·3 cites·20 claims
- 3989US11284214B2Failure recovery of wearable playback deviceSONOS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 22, 2022·2 cites·21 claims
- 4089US10666634B2Cloud queue access controlSONOS INC·Filed 2018·Granted May 26, 2020·2 cites·20 claims
- 4189US9681232B2Control of multiple playback devicesSONOS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 13, 2017·7 cites·20 claims
- 4288US12096187B2Playback device controlSONOS INC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 17, 2024·1 cites·20 claims
- 4388US10331736B2Facilitating streaming media access via a media-item databaseSONOS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 25, 2019·8 cites·20 claims
- 4487US11765507B2Wireless transmission to satellites for multichannel audio systemSONOS INC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 19, 2023·1 cites·20 claims
- 4587US9400632B2Playback according to playback responsibility in stereo pairSONOS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 26, 2016·3 cites·20 claims
- 4687US2025202959A1Share Restriction for Curated PlaylistsSONOS INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 4787US2025392772A1Configuration of Playback Device Audio SettingsSONOS INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4886US11442689B2Dynamic bonding of playback devicesSONOS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 13, 2022·2 cites·20 claims
- 4986US5664099AMethod and apparatus for establishing a protected channel between a user and a computer systemLOTUS DEV CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 2, 1997·129 cites·21 claims
- 5085US12348801B2Configuration of playback device audio settingsSONOS INC·Filed 2024·Granted Jul 1, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
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