ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,147, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Bose Corp. (Framingham, Mass.).

"System and method for updating firmware of headphones with dedicated earpiece controllers" was invented by Vishal Pinto (Shrewsbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method updating firmware of headphones with dedicated earpiece controller, including the steps of receiving a packet of data via a communication path, the communication path delivering the packet of data to the first controller and the second controller and being addressed to either the first controller or the second controller; determining whether the packet of data is addressed to...