ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,251, issued on July 28, was assigned to Hapiko Inc. (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

"Voice-controlled, AI-enabled device and system for personalized sticker creation and interactive sharing" was invented by Robert Whitney (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Arun Gupta (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a housing, a microphone module, a processor, a memory, and a thermal printer module. The microphone module within the housing is configured to capture voice inputs including a voice command. The processor and memory are within the housing. The processor is configured to: receive the voice command from a user; provide the voice command...