ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,955, issued on June 30, was assigned to Sphere Entertainment Group LLC (New York).

"Personalization of audio content within a real-world environment" was invented by Yuan-Yi Fan (New York) and Neil Wakefield (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatuses can playback audiovisual content having audio and visual content. These systems, methods, and apparatuses can playback the visual content to various viewers within a real-world environment. These systems, methods, and apparatuses can cause playback of the audio content on various real-world user devices that are associated with these viewers. These systems...