ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,105, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Digital Voice Systems Inc. (Westford, Mass.).
"Reducing perceived effects of non-voice data in digital speech" was invented by John C. Hardwick (Acton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Non-voice data is embedded in a voice bit stream that includes frames of voice bits by selecting a frame of voice bits to carry the non-voice data, placing non-voice identifier bits in a first portion of the voice bits in the selected frame, and placing the non-voice data in a second portion of the voice bits in the selected frame. The non-voice identifier bits are employed to reduce a perceived effect of the...