ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,647,519, issued on June 2, was assigned to H.M. Electronics Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for session concurrency for role-based communication channels with virtual endpoints" was invented by James Edward Batten (Bury St Edmunds, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for supporting session concurrency in a communication system for role-based communication channels with virtual endpoints are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: electronically store information, wherein the information includes associations between users and virtual endpoints, and between virtual endpoints and physical audio d...