ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,036, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Operating public address systems with IP-based amplifiers" was invented by Suneel Kunkati (Bangalore, India) and Rajagopal Palanivelu (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for operating public address systems with IP-based amplifiers are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a computing device, and a public address system of a facility, comprising a plurality of speakers, an amplifier connected to the plurality of speakers, and a controller wirelessly connected to the amplifier,...