ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,268, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for sound-enhanced meeting platforms" was invented by Saul Perlmutter (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The current disclosure provides systems and methods for enhancing the audio/visual experience of a participant in a hybrid or in-situ meeting. In one example, a communications system comprises a plurality of electronic devices, each corresponding to a participant in a gathering of multiple participants, wherein one or more of the plurality of electronic devices is located in a physical meeting s...