ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,360, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"System and method for three-dimensional control of noise emission in interactive space" was invented by Cole Paresh Hirapara (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods, apparatus, and systems for controlling an emission of an audio track in a three-dimensional (3D) space. An audio system is configured to detect an emission of a first audio track via one or more speakers of a plurality of speakers, wherein the first audio track is associated with an attraction, and select a speaker of the plurality...