US Patent Issued on Sept. 22 for "Sound cancellation device for a computer based calling device" (Colorado, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,023, issued on Sept. 22.

"Sound cancellation device for a computer based calling device" was invented by Benjamin J Kwitek (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Scott C Harris (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An undesired sound reduction system which reduces sounds received into a microphone during the call. Undesired sounds are identified, and samples of the undesired sounds are created. The undesired sounds can be identified by using known sounds of public places, by manufacturers, or by a user indicating that the sound is undesirable at one time to use that indication at some later time. When the undesired sounds a...