ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,153, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Gracenote Inc. (New York).

"Methods and apparatus for audio equalization based on variant selection" was invented by Robert Coover (Orinda, Calif.), Joseph Renner (Oakland, Calif.) and Cameron A. Summers (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed methods and apparatus for audio equalization based on variant selection. An example apparatus includes a processor to obtain training data, the training data including a plurality of reference audio signals each associated with a variant of music and organize the training data int...