ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,094, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SOUNDHOUND AI IP LLC (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"System and method for adapted interactive experiences" was invented by Joel McKenzie (San Francisco) and Qindi Zhang (Los Altos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Natural language grammars interpret expressions at the conversational human-machine interfaces of devices. Under conditions favoring engagement, as specified in a unit of conversational code, the device initiates a discussion using one or more of TTS, images, video, audio, and animation depending on the device capabilities of screen and audio output. Conversational code units specify co...