ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,204, issued on June 23, was assigned to Maxell Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Terminal, audio cooperative reproduction system, and content display apparatus" was invented by Shogo Kitamura (Tokyo), Yuusuke Yatabe (Tokyo) and Takashi Matsubara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal is provided with a first audio output unit and a second audio output unit configured to output an audio content, and the terminal includes: an audio acquiring unit configured to acquire a first audio content and a second audio content; a setting unit configured to set information indicating an output destination of the first audio content and the second au...