ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,989, issued on Sept. 1.

"Smart headphone with real-time problematic content moderation capability" was invented by Mohamed Sakek (Salwa, Kuwait), Rami Abu Jaber (Adan, Kuwait), Ruba Skaik (Nepean, Canada) and Ahmed Skaik (Salwa, Kuwait).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method and computer-readable medium for real-time problematic content moderation is disclosed. The method includes receiving audio data via a headphone worn by a user, wherein the headphone is connected with an electronic device using which the user is in communication with an individual. The method also includes transmitting the audio data to a microprocessor o...