ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,522, issued on June 2, was assigned to ST R&DTech LLC (Delray Beach, Fla.).

"Personal audio assistant device and method" was invented by Steven Wayne Goldstein (Delray Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A personal audio assistant includes a first microphone for capturing audio, a logic circuit coupled to the first microphone, a communication module coupled to the logic circuit, a memory storage unit communicatively coupled to the logic circuit, and a user interaction element. The interaction element is configured to perform at least one among accessing selection of audio content via an audio input received at the first microph...