ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,659, issued on June 16, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Audio data transfer" was invented by Patrick J. Crowley (Santa Clara, Calif.), Collin J. Richardson (Livermore, Calif.), Christopher M. Werner (San Jose, Calif.), Jason A. Granger (San Jose, Calif.), Brad G. Boozer (Campbell, Calif.) and Sameer Pandya (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable device includes a housing, a speaker, and a processor. The housing defines an internal volume and the speaker is located within the internal volume. The process is also located within the internal volume and generates a modulated acoustic signal comprisin...