ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,266,331, issued on April 1.

"Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices for facilitating the interactive creation of live music by multiple users" was invented by Mark Lawrence Palmer (Nantucket, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a method for facilitating creating of music in real time by multiple users, in accordance with some embodiments. Accordingly, the method comprises receiving first music segment selections from a first user device, receiving second music segment selections from a second user device, transmitting the first music segment selections to the second user device, and transmitting the second music ...