ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,618, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Interactive Solutions Corp. (Tokyo).

"Explanation assisting system" was invented by Kiyoshi Sekine (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This explanation supporting system 1, which uses a computer, comprises: an explanation material storing unit 3 that stores explanation materials; an audio input unit 5 to which audio is inputted; an audio analyzing unit 7 that analyzes the terms included in the audio and acquires audio terms; and an output control unit 9 that outputs displayed information. The explanation material storing unit 3 stores, in association with keywords, explanation information inc...