ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,007, issued on March 31, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Lyrics and karaoke user interfaces, methods and systems" was invented by Erik Lindholm (Stockholm).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, an electronic device changes a value of a first visual characteristic with which lyrics are displayed in response to detecting a change in a performer of lyrics associated with a song or other type of content item. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a vocal attenuation control element and changes a vocal volume (e.g., a volume of vocals) of a content item, such as a song, in response to input dire...