ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,850, issued on July 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device and control method therefor" was invented by Hyeeun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sehyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kilsoo Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with an external device; a speaker; a memory storing at least one instruction; and at least one processor operatively connected to the communication interface, the speaker, and the memory, wherein the at least one proces...