ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,001, issued on July 21, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Smart audio system for use with an information handling system audio system" was invented by Akash L (Bangalore, India), Karthik Venkatesh (Bangalore, India) and Sankeerna S (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a smart audio operation. The smart audio operation includes detecting a plurality of audio devices available for use by an information handling system; monitoring information handling system audio related information; analyzing the information handling system audio related inf...