ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,577, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY (Hartford, Conn.).
"Collaborative voice-based design and development system" was invented by Obaid Shaikh (Weatogue, Conn.), Chandra S. Bathula (Rocky Hill, Conn.), Rebecca T. Scanlon (Manchester, Conn.), Annapurna Jagasia (Windsor, Conn.), Bharghavi Tanamala (East Windsor, Conn.), Robert O'Connor (Harwinton, Conn.), Matthew W. Kropp (Manchester, Conn.) and Jhin McGlynn (Waterford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a multi-user interface and a collaborative drawing tool. The collaborative drawing tool can receive a first set of voice-based dr...