US Patent Issued to IPC Systems on May 12 for "Semi-global muting" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,760, issued on May 12, was assigned to IPC Systems Inc. (New York).

"Semi-global muting" was invented by Elias Koutikas (Oxford, Conn.) and Rajeshkumar Govindaraj (Milford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed towards a semi-global mute system and method. In one example, a method for muting communication devices includes receiving a message indicating the semi-global mute switch has been activated. The method further includes upon receiving the message: preventing a co-located communication device from receiving the audio signals transmitted from the first audio communication device, permitting the f...