ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,052, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Auditory device to auditory device communication linking" was invented by James R. Milne (Romona, Calif.), William Clay (San Diego), Justin Kenefick (San Diego) and Gregory Carlsson (Santee, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for a first auditory device to connect with a second auditory device that includes determining that a user requests that the first auditory device connect to the second auditory device. The method further includes transmitting a request for a connection to the second auditory device. The method further includes re...