ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,087, issued on July 7, was assigned to MAGIC LEAP INC. (Plantation, Fla.).

"Dual mode ported speaker" was invented by Remi Samuel Audfray (San Francisco) and Mark Blanchard (Margate, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for presenting audio using an audio system supporting multiple modes of operation are disclosed. In some embodiments, elements of the audio system are configured to operate in the different modes. For example, the audio system is configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode. The audio system may be operating in the first mode or the second mode based on an application running on a system o...