ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,783,208, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Gracenote Inc. (New York).

"Methods and apparatus for dynamic volume adjustment via audio classification" was invented by Markus Cremer (Orinda, Calif.), Robert Coover (Orinda, Calif.), Steven D. Scherf (Oakland, Calif.) and Cameron Aubrey Summers (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for dynamic volume adjustment via audio classification. Example apparatus include at least one memory; instructions; and at least one processor to execute the instructions to: analyze, with a neural network, a parameter of an audio signa...