ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,204, issued on April 21, was assigned to Sphere Entertainment Group LLC (New York).

"De-mixing a composite audio program for playback within a venue" was invented by Erik Hockman (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatuses can playback a composite audio program that is associated with an event being hosted by a real-world venue. These systems, methods, and apparatuses can seamlessly deconstruct the composite audio program into multiple audio sounds that can be collectively played back by the real-world venue. As part of this deconstruction, these systems, methods, and apparatuses can analyze the audio ...