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David F. Siegel

Examiner (ID: 17074, Phone: (571)272-5715 , Office: P/2653 )

Most Active Art Unit
2653
Art Unit(s)
2694, 2653
Total Applications
459
Issued Applications
401
Pending Applications
8
Abandoned Applications
56

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/160141
Adjusting audio volume and quality of near end and far end talkers Jan 26, 2021 Issued
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17/146065
Prioritizing media content requests Jan 10, 2021 Issued
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17/143316
Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium Jan 6, 2021 Issued
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17/135052
Playback of media content according to media preferences Dec 27, 2020 Issued
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17/126213
Audio interactive decomposition editor method and system Dec 17, 2020 Issued
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17/121071
Electronic device charging via an audio jack Dec 13, 2020 Issued
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17/121027
Social playback queues Dec 13, 2020 Issued
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17/103744
Environmental control of audio passthrough amplification for wearable electronic audio device Nov 23, 2020 Issued
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17/103758
Audio segment recommendation Nov 23, 2020 Issued
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16/952728
Methods and devices for storing and managing audio data on blockchain Nov 18, 2020 Issued
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17/286000
Apparatus, system, and method for adaptive parsing and processing of text to facilitate user engagement Nov 18, 2020 Issued
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16/952367
Orientation-aware surround sound playback Nov 18, 2020 Issued
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17/099830
Device, system, and method of capturing the moment in audio discussions and recordings Nov 16, 2020 Issued
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17/086561
Exploiting visual information for enhancing audio signals via source separation and beamforming Nov 1, 2020 Issued
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17/075325
Method and system for mixing multiple sound sources Oct 19, 2020 Issued
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17/073841
Contextual indexing of media items Oct 18, 2020 Issued
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17/070422
Determining method and corresponding system of music playback for whether to play music based on image information Oct 13, 2020 Issued
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17/062987
Information display regarding playback queue subscriptions Oct 4, 2020 Issued
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17/008104
Voice control of a media playback system Aug 30, 2020 Issued
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16/995455
Distributed provisioning of properties of operational settings of a media playback system Aug 16, 2020 Issued
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