ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,167, issued on Jan. 20.
"Covert sports communication system" was invented by John Andrew Hankins (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Craig Anthony Filicetti (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A covert sports communication system has a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit coded audio track selection signals. The system includes a receiver that may be worn within headgear. The receiver includes stored audio tracks and is configured to receive coded audio track selection signals from the transmitter, decode the audio track selection signals, and play at least one stored audio track in accordance with the decoded audio track s...