US Patent Issued to HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES on Feb. 10 for "Apparatus and method for parent monitoring of audio content in a vehicle" (Michigan, Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,263, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES Inc. (Stamford, Conn.).

"Apparatus and method for parent monitoring of audio content in a vehicle" was invented by Riley Winton (Opelika, Ala.) and Chris Ludwig (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In at least one embodiment, an apparatus and method for monitoring audio content that is played back in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes memory and a media controller. The media controller includes the memory and is programmed to transmit first media content as desired by one or more first vehicle occupants positioned in a first zone sea...