ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,083, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo) and Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC.

"Methods and systems for processing audio signals for controlling game assets" was invented by Rae Yip (San Mateo, Calif.), Jillian Moore (San Mateo, Calif.), Celeste Bean (San Mateo, Calif.), Ensha Neron (San Mateo, Calif.), Mehak Bhat (San Mateo, Calif.) and Julie Ahn (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for providing audio synchronization control for game scenes of a game include receiving audio data identified for providing the audio synchronization control and processing the...