ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,427, issued on April 21, was assigned to Oracle International Corp. (Redwood Shores, Calif.).

"Drill back to original audio clip in virtual assistant initiated lists and reminders" was invented by Michael Patrick Rodgers (Lake Oswego, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for drilling back to an original audio clip in virtual assistant initiated lists and reminders are disclosed. The system may receive audio input comprising a first request. Based on the first request, the system may schedule an action to be performed by the virtual assistant platform. The system stores at least a portion of the audio input and a mapping be...