ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,109, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to VOXSMART Ltd. (London).

"Computer-programmed telephone-enabled devices for processing and managing numerous simultaneous voice conversations conducted by an individual over a computer network and computer methods of implementing thereof" was invented by Anthony Tassone (Saint Charles, Ill.) and Eric Detterman (Birmingham, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, the present invention provides for a computer-implemented method, including: causing, by a specifically programmed computer call management communication system, to transform, over a computer network, computing devices ...