US Patent Issued to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) on Oct. 20 for "In-person audio access for remote users" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,785, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"In-person audio access for remote users" was invented by Matthew Robert Byrd (Weatherford, Texas), David Joaquin Harris (San Antonio), Nickolaus Wayne O'Neal (San Antonio), Deborah Janette Schulz (San Antonio), Nina Cooper (San Antonio) and Donette Rae Williams (Boerne, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to providing in-person audio access for remote users. A remote access audio system can detect in-person audio through an array of microphones installed at a site. The remote access aud...