ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,713,172, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to DELL PRODUCTS LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"System and method of automatic switching of audio output between an audio headset and a speaker docking station" was invented by Deeder M. Aurongzeb (Austin, Texas), Peng Lip Goh (Singapore) and Eng Kang Chng (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An audio headset having an automatic audio output device switching system may comprise an audio headset communication pin in an audio headset pin connector housing for operative coupling with a speaker docking station communication pin upon insertion of the audio headset pin connector housing within a speaker ...