ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,456, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Relay Inc. (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Techniques for communicating among portable communication devices" was invented by Sai Rathnam (Raleigh, N.C.) and Jared Kashimba (Micanopy, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an example, a portable communication device (PCD) is dynamically configured, providing a profile to the PCD. A portable communication device may be dynamically configured using a profile based on an event. The profile includes data that allows users of PCDs to be provided with one or more logical communication channels for communicating. In an example, an artificial intelligent (AI) assist...