US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on May 12 for "Audio arbitration for multiple media streams" (Michigan, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,671, issued on May 12, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Audio arbitration for multiple media streams" was invented by Brian Nash (Plymouth, Mich.), Kevin Lee Helpingstine (Ferndale, Mich.) and Brendan Francis Diamond (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a vehicle, a computer can receive a first content data including a first graphical component and a first audio stream and a second content data including a second graphical component and a second audio stream, and select a first audio output mode for the first audio stream and a second audio output mode for the second audio stream based on a p...